Started reading this book by Lichtenstein and Sinclair. It is a story about a Polish Jew who disappeared in the 60s, without trace. But a collection of stories, artefacts and memory left behind in the attic above the synagogue of Spitalfields where he once lived. The disappearance or his wherabouts are unknown. Rachel Lichtenstein began to unfold the mysteries, and became obsessed with finding him and unravelling the past. The search for peeling the layers of this mystery allow her to begin to reveal what could be a series of myths.
She describes in the book of Rodinsky's room being chaotic... ' a room that was purposefully disarranged, stacked with hints and echoes. .. begin anywhere and you will find more material, tributaries branching from tributaries, than any one life can hope to unravel.'
Her attempts to reveal Rodinsky's life become stories. One material exposed, led to another material and another and so in the end there is a 'sign'. Relating back to my thesis, I will explore some of the layers of Brick Lane and begin to deconstruct the selective myths of the east end. The myths explored will be a collective series.
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