This is Edinburgh (1961)
I loved working on This is Edinburgh, though I hated the weather
there. In the middle of summer, it was cold and rainy. You needed a hot-water
bottle in bed with you. Working conditions were good though because the nights
are very short in Edinburgh. I worked from 4:00 a.m. to midnight and finished
the book in two months.
Miroslav Sasek in Books are by people.
Notes: This is Edinburgh was one of Sasek's three favourite titles (along with This is Venice and This is Hong Kong). As Sasek focuses on the small details like shops and individual streets, he seems to have picked things that have endured. It is a very Scottish book that seems to capture the essence of Edinburgh as it still is today.
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