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Overview'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland 'Judah paints another Europe with tense and dramatic detail' - Andrey Kurkov 'Will make you lurch between fascination, laughter and tears' - Sophy Roberts _____ What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of some 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our criss-crossing planes, lovingly craft our legacy wines, fish our depleted waters, and risk life itself in search of safety and a new start? In a series of vivid, ambitious, darkly visceral but always empathetic portraits of other people's lives, journalist Ben Judah invites us to meet them. Drawn from hours of painstaking interviews, these vital stories reveal a frenetic and vibrant continent which has been transformed by diversity, migration, the internet, climate change, Covid, war and the quest for freedom. Laid dramatically bare, it may not always be a Europe we recognize - but this is Europe. _____ Praise for Ben Judah's This Is London: 'An epic work of reportage' -The Guardian 'Eye-opening' - The Sunday Times 'Opens readers' eyes to the hardships experienced by many and ignored by most' - Independent 'Shares Orwell's appetite for documenting parts of society that are easily overlooked' - Spectator 'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others' - Financial Times Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ben JudahPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Picador Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9781447276265ISBN 10: 1447276264 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 15 June 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsBen Judah has the ability to listen and retell, see and describe, feel and convey so that the reader believes they were there and experienced it all first hand. Through personal stories, told to him by an array of unlikely heroes, Judah paints another Europe with intense and dramatic detail - a Europe that you may not recognize, but that you will look for every day having read this book. * Andrey Kurkov * Ben Judah has the ability to listen and retell, see and describe, feel and convey so that the reader believes they were there and experienced it all first hand. Through personal stories, told to him by an array of unlikely heroes, Judah paints another Europe with intense and dramatic detail - a Europe that you may not recognize, but that you will look for every day having read this book. * Andrey Kurkov * Deeply empathetic. Judah is an ace reporter with a novelist's love of character. He conjures people and place in a modern literary form he has made his own. There's no romance to this journey across Europe - but an abundance of story which will make you lurch between fascination, laughter and tears. * Sophy Roberts, author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia * A kaleidoscope of bright human experience. Moving, poignant and compelling - I devoured this in a day. * Jenny Kleeman, author of Sex Robots & Vegan Meat * Thrilling, first-hand tales that explore the danger and ambitions of life in Europe. * The Financial Times, A Book of the Year 2023 * If you wish to know what Europe is becoming without us in its club, you'd do well to read Ben Judah's This Is Europe. * Telegraph, A Book of the Year 2023 * Imagine Ballard and Houellebecq teaming up on a Grand Tour, and you will have some idea of just how vivid, urgent and unsettling this superbly written book is. * Tom Holland * Unflinching . . . a powerful piece of reportage. * The Guardian * An extraordinary series of interviews. -- Rory Stewart Deeply empathetic. Judah is an ace reporter with a novelist's love of character. He conjures people and place in a modern literary form he has made his own. There's no romance to this journey across Europe — but an abundance of story which will make you lurch between fascination, laughter and tears. -- Sophy Roberts, author of <i>The Lost Pianos of Siberia<i> Makes you expand the boundaries of your sympathies and your understanding. It’s an astonishing achievement. * Evening Standard * A kaleidoscope of bright human experience. Moving, poignant and compelling – I devoured this in a day. -- Jenny Kleeman, author of <i>Sex Robots & Vegan Meat<i> Brilliantly vivid. * Daily Mail * Illuminating . . . a bold literary and journalistic experiment. Judah knows how to tell a story and does so with panache. * The Spectator * Ben Judah has the ability to listen and retell, see and describe, feel and convey . . . Judah paints another Europe with intense and dramatic detail – a Europe that you may not recognize, but that you will look for every day having read this book. -- Andrey Kurkov, author of <i>Death and the Penguin<i> Superb . . . a compelling read. * The New European * A hallucinatory tour de force . . . life affirming. * The Jewish Chronicle * Such an ambitious project it automatically deserves applause . . . reminds us that below every system and conflict there are human beings. * Irish Times * Captivating. * Le Monde * A singular journalistic achievement. * The Fence * A fabulous book. -- Quentin Lafay * France Culture * 'Poignant and powerful . . . reveals a Europe in a time of profound change. * Diplomatic Courier * Pick a chapter and you will be dropped in the middle of a fascinating tale . . . absorbing and addictive. * Politico podcast * Ben Judah has the ability to listen and retell, see and describe, feel and convey so that the reader believes they were there and experienced it all first hand. Through personal stories, told to him by an array of unlikely heroes, Judah paints another Europe with intense and dramatic detail - a Europe that you may not recognize, but that you will look for every day having read this book. * Andrey Kurkov * Deeply empathetic. Judah is an ace reporter with a novelist's love of character. He conjures people and place in a modern literary form he has made his own. There's no romance to this journey across Europe - but an abundance of story which will make you lurch between fascination, laughter and tears. * Sophy Roberts, author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia * Author InformationBen Judah is an author and journalist. He has reported from across Europe with his writing on politics and society featuring widely, including in The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Foreign Policy. His first book, Fragile Empire, was published by Yale Uni versity Press in 2013. His second book, This is London, published by Picador, was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2016 and for the 2019 Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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