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Köp båda 2 för 603 krOn Glasgow and Edinburgh is a thoroughly enjoyable book, all the more so for provoking arguments (the Glaswegians favorite hobby). Readers familiar with the two cities will enjoy the recitation of familiar history and the frequent occurrence of unfamiliar fact and anecdote. Those who have not (yet) gazed from Castle Street in the New Town to Castle Rock, the high glory of the Old, will read about it and make plans to visit. After Edinburgh, they should fly around the world and arrive at Glasgow and discover Scotland all over again. -- James Campbell * Wall Street Journal * The book offers a portrait, not a narrative history, and is intended for visitors as well as for natives and other Scots, many of whom will find, as I did, that they dont know either city as well as they supposed On Glasgow and Edinburgh is an enjoyable book, its learning leavened by the authors wit and sense of the absurd. -- Allan Massie * Times Literary Supplement * Crawfordhas in On Glasgow and Edinburgh yoked together the two warring siblings of urban Scotland, seeking to calm their feud by writing separately, perceptively and in great detail about each Crawfords is a rich piece of worka kind of literary guidebook, which demands that you go to one or both of these cities and see for yourself. -- John Lloyd * Financial Times * Affectionate, sharply observed and sharply written On Glasgow and Edinburghis a highbrow guidebook, as useful to carry on a visit as it is pleasurable to read far away. -- Brian Morton * The Independent * This new bookwritten for both with loveis about the two cities the poet appears to care about most Alas, he is fair. His personification of these cities is so thorough, and so in keeping with his overall aesthetic as a poet who tenders contradiction, that you cannotdespite my evil attemptsuse the book as a primer on how to stoke up the ancient and holy rivalries Edinburgh/Glasgow is a culture clash between two cities forty miles apart, and Crawfords book seeks to do it honor. He calls it a treasured rivalry, and he isnt wrong: each city would be slightly less without the others countervailing charm You could take a walk in each city with the book in your hand and see where ideas have shaped the stone. Its a tale of two cities as represented by their storytellers, their makars, their minstrels and their celebrants. -- Andrew OHagan * London Review of Books * Excellent. -- John McDermott * Financial Times * Robert Crawford is that rarest breed of Scotsman: one who professes to love Edinburgh and Glasgow equally He has produced a walking guide to Scotlands greatest cities that will delight any literary-minded tourist. Many natives will learn much from this agreeable book too. -- Alex Massie * New Statesman * A fascinating book filled with pithy observations and unexpected anecdotes. Crawford comes across like an erudite, beady-eyed flneur, alive to the relationship between topography and history, combining spirited insight with irreverent characterizations Melding personal reminiscence with inspired historical research he has a keen eye for the ironies and contrasts of city life. As a result there is enough surprising information here to delight even those who know the territory well Crawford assembles a compelling case for the idea that the two cities get more from their colorful rivalry than they would from a bland collaboration This richly illustrated, intelligent and compelling work of history and reflection offers heartfelt tribute to both. -- David Stenhouse * Scotland on Sunday * Crawfords aim is not to create a fast-paced travel guide to each city. Instead, he takes the reader in hand, moves to the center of town, selects 24 sites of interest in each city, and sets off on a walking tour. By journeys end, the reader is utterlyand equallybeguiled by Edinburgh and Glasgow Crawford is a Scottish Walt Whitman, singing of t
Poet and critic Robert Crawford is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St. Andrews.