by Simon Garfield · Ebury Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091897338
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«Our Hidden Lives» is the historical essay by Simon Garfield, published by Ebury Press in paperback (544 pages, in English).
Simon Garfield weaves together diaries written by anonymous Britons for the Mass Observation Project, an archive launched in 1936 to record everyday life. The book gives voice to several of these people and portrays hardships, hopes and routines of British society after World War II.
The original Mass Observation Project diaries are kept at the University of Sussex. The edition dates from April 2005.
For readers of British social history and for those who enjoy personal testimonies and period diaries.
Simon Frank Garfield is a British journalist and non-fiction author. He has written for publications such as Time Out, The Independent, and The Observer. His early work focused on the music industry, but his books have increasingly delved into niche topics, from British wrestling and the invention of mauve to the history of encyclopedias and typefaces. Garfield is based in London.
