253Geoff Ryman1998

A Bakerloo line tube train with no one standing and no empty seats carries 252 passengers. The driver makes 253. They all have their own secret histories, their own thoughts about themselves and their travelling neighbours. And they all have one page, totalling exactly 253 words, devoted to them. Each page a story, each page a novel. There are connections and rejections, chance meetings and frantic avoidance, bitter memories and sweet anticipation.

It's a seven and a half minute journey between Embankment and the Elephant & Castle. It's the journey of 253 lifetimes...

Titre original : 253 (1998)