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Ben Judah

    1 de enero de 1988

    Ben Judah es un escritor cuya obra profundiza en las complejidades del mundo moderno, a menudo centrándose en los paisajes políticos y sociales que ha explorado a través de extensos viajes. Su prosa se caracteriza por su aguda observación y análisis perspicaz, ofreciendo a los lectores una perspectiva matizada sobre los problemas contemporáneos.

    This is Europe
    This is London: Life and death in the world city
    • London is a global city. More than half of those who live in the UK's capital came from somewhere else - and most arrived in the last ten years. Migration is transforming London, for better and for worse. Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent. In This Is London, he turns his keen reporter's eye on home, immersing himself in the hidden world of the city's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today. He's had dinner with oligarchs and meetings with foreign royalty, spent nights streetwalking and sleeping rough; he's heard stories of heart-breaking failure, but also witnessed extraordinary acts of compassion, hope and the triumph of love.

      This is London: Life and death in the world city
    • What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of 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, 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' Guardian 'Eye-opening' 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

      This is Europe