Lichtenchtein

448466 — Artangel. Paperback. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. In 1969 Jewish recluse David Rodinsky mysteriously disappeared from his attic room above the synagogue in Princelet Street in the heart of the old Jewish East End. A decade later his room was reopened and its mess of papers notebooks writings in several languages and cabalistic diagrams began to capture people�s imagination. Eventually Rodinsky and his rooms assumed mythical proportions.Rachel Lichtenstein was intrigued by the story and researched it in detail ending up writing an artist�s guidebook titled Rodinsky�s Whitechapel which takes the reader on a walking tour past sites and buildings that played an important role not only in Rodinsky�s life but also in Lichtenstein�s own. The walk highlights the last remnants of many important locations of the once vibrant but now quickly vanishing Jewish East End. Mr. Katz�s closed not long after publication in 1999 as have many other places on the route since. Like Cardiff�s book and audio work Lichtenstein�s guide highlights how a city like London has been a home to migrant and different communities living side by side for centuries. Doing the walk now also makes us aware of how quickly so much of the city�s tissue can change and what stays the same revived refurbished regenerated. A beautifully produced small book with fold out map and colour photos Artangel paperback