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With a Scottish professor of politics as his guide a London-based Italian journalist traverses Scotland seeking a big story on the independence referendum. What he gets instead are small stories from myriad points of view a Ukrainian nationalist a Russian religious guru an eccentric Estonian an Algerian and a dying man amongst many others.
After a chaotic romance with a Scottish campaigner the journalist aptly named Cinico de Oblivii leaves his post in London and moves to Greece where reflecting on his time in Scotland he writes a memoir (this book). Through his anecdotes we encounter the full spectrum of ideas on Scottish independence including the ones Cinico s editor didn t want to publish.
Beyond exploring Scotland s political scene and its place in Europe Cinico s stories examine how Europeans interpret each other and more generally how people interrelate within a social context. Like Voltaire s Candide Cinico starts with the dominant mindset of his era which is incapable of bringing him either understanding or contentment but ends up with an awareness that though insufficient for the elusive happiness we all seek is sufficient enough for a perfectly acceptable human existence.
Allan Cameron s modern Candide an Italian journalist whirls back and forth across the dark landscape of Scotland s 2014 independence referendum like a shoogly meteor. Sometimes his cynical witty comments light up the dark corners of Yes thinking sometimes the sullen assumptions of the Better Together campaign. He meets and hears a score of fascinating characters with their own opinions most of them foreigners making their own effort to understand the country. Towards the end the fictional Italian writes down some of the wisest and most moving comments to be found on the epiphany of those amazing months. Neal Ascherson
Editions of Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum
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- ISBN 9781908251824
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With a Scottish professor of politics as his guide a London-based Italian journalist traverses Scotland seeking a big story on the independence referendum. What he gets instead are small stories from myriad points of view a Ukrainian nationalist a Russian religious guru an eccentric Estonian an Algerian and a dying man amongst many others.
After a chaotic romance with a Scottish campaigner the journalist aptly named Cinico de Oblivii leaves his post in London and moves to Greece where reflecting on his time in Scotland he writes a memoir (this book). Through his anecdotes we encounter the full spectrum of ideas on Scottish independence including the ones Cinico s editor didn t want to publish.
Beyond exploring Scotland s political scene and its place in Europe Cinico s stories examine how Europeans interpret each other and more generally how people interrelate within a social context. Like Voltaire s Candide Cinico starts with the dominant mindset of his era which is incapable of bringing him either understanding or contentment but ends up with an awareness that though insufficient for the elusive happiness we all seek is sufficient enough for a perfectly acceptable human existence.
Allan Cameron s modern Candide an Italian journalist whirls back and forth across the dark landscape of Scotland s 2014 independence referendum like a shoogly meteor. Sometimes his cynical witty comments light up the dark corners of Yes thinking sometimes the sullen assumptions of the Better Together campaign. He meets and hears a score of fascinating characters with their own opinions most of them foreigners making their own effort to understand the country. Towards the end the fictional Italian writes down some of the wisest and most moving comments to be found on the epiphany of those amazing months. Neal Ascherson
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What is Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum about?
With a Scottish professor of politics as his guide a London-based Italian journalist traverses Scotland seeking a big story on the independence referendum. What he gets instead are small stories from myriad points of view a Ukrainian nationalist a Russian religious guru an eccentric Estonian an Algerian and a dying man amongst many others.
After a chaotic romance with a Scottish campaigner the journalist aptly named Cinico de Oblivii leaves his post in London and moves to Greece where reflecting on his time in Scotland he writes a memoir (this book). Through his anecdotes we encounter the full spectrum of ideas on Scottish independence including the ones Cinico s editor didn t want to publish.
Beyond exploring Scotland s political scene and its place in Europe Cinico s stories examine how Europeans interpret each other and more generally how people interrelate within a social context. Like Voltaire s Candide Cinico starts with the dominant mindset of his era which is incapable of bringing him either understanding or contentment but ends up with an awareness that though insufficient for the elusive happiness we all seek is sufficient enough for a perfectly acceptable human existence.
Allan Cameron s modern Candide an Italian journalist whirls back and forth across the dark landscape of Scotland s 2014 independence referendum like a shoogly meteor. Sometimes his cynical witty comments light up the dark corners of Yes thinking sometimes the sullen assumptions of the Better Together campaign. He meets and hears a score of fascinating characters with their own opinions most of them foreigners making their own effort to understand the country. Towards the end the fictional Italian writes down some of the wisest and most moving comments to be found on the epiphany of those amazing months. Neal Ascherson
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781908251824
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum?
Allan Cameron
Who is the Publisher of the book Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum?
Vagabond Voices
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Cinico: Travels with a Good Professor at the Time of the Scottish Referendum is available as paperback(ISBN 9781908251824)