On Brick Lane by Rachel Lichtenstein
A portrait of one of the East End's most famous streets, using research, interviews, poetry and photography to tell the story. The author talks to a wide range of people, including a Yiddish composer, Bengali teenagers, the artist, Tracey Emin and Bill Fishman, the celebrated historian. The author's own family lived in Brick Lane, so she has a personal interest, and the whole subject is always handled with great sympathy and sensitivity.
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Paperback
354pp
