Can you be a pilgrim without leaving your life behind? How does it
feel to approach everyday places with the same reverence as grand
cathedrals? And how are we changed by even the smallest of
journeys? James Attlee asks these questions and more in his
thoughtful, streetwise, and personal account of a pilgrimage to a
place he thought he already knew: the Cowley Road in Oxford, right
outside his door. Attlee's Cowley has little to do with the
dreaming spires of his city. Leaving tourism and student life
aside, Attlee instead presents a vital and delightfully motley
collection of places, people, languages, and cultures. From a
sojourn in a sensory-deprivation tank to a furtive visit to an
unmarked pornography emporium, from halal shops to Brazilian art
dealers to reggae clubs to quiet churchyards, Attlee celebrates the
appealing and homegrown eclecticism that so often comes under
attack from predatory developers. Drawing inspiration from sources
ranging from Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy to
contemporary art, Isolarion is at once a charming road movie, a
battle cry raised against creeping homogenisation, and a love song
to the gloriously messy real life of the city he calls home.
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