Exit

Understanding the significance of exits in our lives

Laura Waddell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:3rd Sep '20

Should be back in stock very soon

Exit cover

This book examines the concept of exits in various contexts, exploring their significance in our lives. Exit offers a unique perspective on choices and movements.

The Exit book delves into the multifaceted concept of exits that permeate our everyday lives. It explores how exits shape our experiences, from the physical spaces we navigate to the emotional and political decisions we face. Through a series of reflective essays, the author examines exits in various contexts, including architecture, transportation, and even cultural phenomena like Sesame Street and Brexit. By analyzing the significance of exit signs and their implications, the book invites readers to consider what it truly means to exit a situation or place.

In Exit, Laura Waddell provides a thought-provoking perspective on the choices we make and the paths we take. The book highlights that exits can be both literal and metaphorical, representing opportunities for change or escape. Each chapter serves as a meditation on the nature of exits, encouraging readers to reflect on their own experiences with leaving and arriving, both in their personal lives and within broader societal frameworks.

Ultimately, Exit is an exploration of the hidden lives of ordinary things, revealing how exits influence our movements through life, our relationships, and our understanding of the world around us. It challenges us to think deeply about the exits we encounter and the impact they have on our journeys.

An incredible writer. Exit is wondrous, cleverly and movingly encouraging us to think of the ordinary in new and challenging ways. As it happens, I read this brilliant book while pondering what an ‘exit’ from the coronavirus lockdown might look like, and the reminder that exits often lead to new and better beginnings was a welcome inspiration indeed. * Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland *
Writer, publisher and award-winning Scotsman columnist Laura Waddell straddles the tangible and the theoretical in her thoughtful contribution on exits. * The Scotsman *
From its timely nature and broad range of subjects, to the style in which it was written, I would highly recommend Exit, particularly to anyone looking to enjoy their first taste of the Object Lessons series. * The National *
Roaming from Glasgow to Kowloon Walled City, Laura Waddell's Exit is deft, compelling and deep; revealing the extent to which the political is always personal. There are no simple escapes in these studies of exclusion, entrapment and exile yet Waddell proves in the persuasive empathy and acuity of her writing that it is possible to throw open our windows to light and sound from outside, elsewhere, one another. * Darran Anderson, author of Imaginary Cities and Inventory *
Though physically small, its scope is at once sweeping and intimate, darting ably from urban spaces to individual case studies … a consistent pleasure … dazzling. * Review 31 *

ISBN: 9781501358159

Dimensions: 238mm x 198mm x 2mm

Weight: 160g

176 pages