Tales from Two Cities

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| author = Dervla Murphy

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| pages = 314 (first edition)

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Tales from Two Cities: Travel of Another Sort is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.{{cite journal |title=Review: Tales from Two Cities |date=Winter 1988 |journal=Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review |volume=77 |number=308 |pages=482–484 |first=David |last=Stevens |jstor=30088165 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30088165|issn=0039-3495}}{{cite news |title=Bull in a china shop|date=13 December 1987 |newspaper=The Observer|authorlink=Kirsty Milne|first=Kirsty |last=Milne |page=23}} It was first published by John Murray in 1987.{{cite web |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01008766706 |title=Tales from two cities: travel of another sort |website=British Library |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504200816/http://search.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=BLBNB&search_scope=LSCOP-BNB&docId=BLL01008766706&fn=permalink |url-status=dead }}

Summary

Tales from Two Cities describes Murphy's time living in Bradford and Birmingham in inter-racial communities. She discusses British race relations and includes an account of the 1985 Handsworth riots.{{cite web |url=http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/m/Murphy_D2/life.htm |website=Ricorso |title=Dervla Murphy |access-date=13 October 2022 |first=Bruce |last=Stewart}}

Critical reception

In her review for The Observer, Kirsty Milne felt the book should not have been written in the first place, noting the "unfortunate" implications that arise from a white person like Murphy writing about black communities. Still, Milne thought that Murphy's efforts were well-intentioned albeit tone-deaf. On the other hand, Trevor Fishlock wrote in his review for The Daily Telegraph that the book was a "brave" and "thought-provoking" examination of the race relations in these communities.{{cite news|title=Yearning for respect|authorlink=Trevor Fishlock|first=Trevor|last=Fishlock|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=21 November 1987|page=IX}}

References

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Category:1987 non-fiction books

Category:John Murray (publishing house) books

Category:Books by Dervla Murphy