, published in 1999, is primarily a work of local cultural history. The book can be described as a mythography for Spitalfields, in that it historicizes the formation of the Rodinsky myth within the cultural consciousness of London. The local myth of David Rodinsky had already been reflected upon by Patrick Wright in his 1987
LRBessay “Rodinsky's Place”, and by Sinclair in a
Guardianarticle which, when expanded, became the fifth chapter of his 1991 novel
Downriver. Whilst
Rodinsky's Roomrepresents the summation of Sinclair's long-term interest in Rodinsky, in this text Sinclair takes the new step of co-writing with Rachel Lichtenstein, an artist who had made photographic work archiving Rodinsky's belongings, and about whose work Sinclair had written in his
Lights Out2066 words
Citation: Bond, Robert. "Rodinsky's Room". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 April 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2336, accessed 24 November 2024.]
