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1980s Brixton: nostalgia meets urban survival.
If you've ever longed to immerse in 1980s London with a raw, unfiltered gaze, "The Colour of Memory" might be a ticket back to a time of youth struggling against societal margins. Geoff Dyer captures the essence of an almost extinct generation, providing not just a narrative but a tribute to the counterculture heroes of a gritty, bygone era. His wit and descriptive power give life to a world that's both starkly real and tinged with poignant nostalgia.
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ISBN: 9780857862716
Authors:
Geoff Dyer
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date of Publication: 2012-11-08
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 565 readers)
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In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in The Colour of Memory leads past the winning post. "We're not lost," one of his hero's friends says, "we're virtually extinct." It is a small world in Brixton that Dyer commemorates, of council flats and instant wasteland, of living on the dole and the scrounge, of mugging, which is merely begging by force, and of listening to Callas and Coltrane. It is the nostalgia of the DHSS Bohemians, the children of unsocial security, in an urban landscape of debris and wreckage. Not since Colin MacInnes's City of Spades and Absolute Beginners thirty years ago has a novel stuck a flick-knife so accurately into the young and marginal city. A low-keyed style and laconic wit touch up The Colour of Memory. The Times
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1980s Brixton: nostalgia meets urban survival.
If you've ever longed to immerse in 1980s London with a raw, unfiltered gaze, "The Colour of Memory" might be a ticket back to a time of youth struggling against societal margins. Geoff Dyer captures the essence of an almost extinct generation, providing not just a narrative but a tribute to the counterculture heroes of a gritty, bygone era. His wit and descriptive power give life to a world that's both starkly real and tinged with poignant nostalgia.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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