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"This slim book--seven essays, punctuated by enigmatic, haunting paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez--hums with power and wit."--Boston Globe "The antidote to mansplaining."--The Stranger "Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly h
"One of the Best Books of the 21st Century." -- The Guardian "No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium." --Bill McKibben "An elegant reminder that
A reissue of this inspiring and heartbreaking memoir about family, empathy and the stories we tell about ourselves and others Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was given three boxes of ripening apricots, fruit from a neglected tree tha
Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark , Solnit surveys a world t
At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades -
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the next twenty-five years. There she began the process of forging a voice in a society that preferred women to be silent. Liberated by West Coast activism, growing gay pride
With a new afterword by the author In her map to loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. Meandering eclectically through memory and mortality, Hitchcock movies and heartbreak, Solnit's beloved ac
"An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism." -- Los Angeles Times From the award-winning author of Orwell's Roses , a stimulating exploration of wandering, being lo
New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the international best-selling author of Men Explain Things to Me . Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of
A landmark, incendiary collection from one of the leading essayists working today. Inspiring everyone from radical activists to Beyoncé Knowles, Rebecca Solnit's essay 'Men Explain Things to Me' has become a touchstone of the feminist movement
'An old world is dying; a new world is being born; now is the time of monsters' Antonio Gramschi Solnit maps the extraordinary revolution of ideas and rights that we've experienced over the last fifty years, which has profoundly changed our wo
An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence , Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San
In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the rece
An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit ("the voice of the resistance"-New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late brings strong
In the spirit of her bestselling book Hope in the Dark , Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty. Beginning with an essay about a three-hundred-year-old violin and what it can
"A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters" ( The New York Times Book Review ) f rom the author of Orwell's Roses " Solnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each on
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography "An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times and also through the life and times of roses." --Margare
In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting. Beau
A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and
Et optimistisk kampskrift fra en af USA's vigtigste tænkere. Hvordan holder man fast i håbet, når verden synes at bevæge sig i den forkerte retning? I Begyndelsen kommer efter enden undersøger Rebecca Solnit, hvad historien kan lære os om forandring
Længe før MeToo-kampagnen blev Rebecca Solnit et feministisk ikon, da hun med sit veloplagte essay Mænd forklarer mig ting satte ord på den lettere nedladende og selvsmagendemåde, hvorpåvisse mænd forklarer kvinder noget, de allerede ved. Essayet gik sin
Betagende og tankevækkende bog om George Orwell og om at plante roser. Rebecca Solnit, en af USAs bedste og mest markante essayister, går bag om mennesket George Orwell. På en gang en personlig biografi om forfatteren George Orwell, et kulturhistorisk ess
Hvem får taletid, og hvem har lov til at forme tidens fortællinger? #MeToo er en kamp om netop den grundlæggende magt. Hvis historie er det? samler feminist og forfatter Rebecca Solnits bedste essays om et af de største skred i feminismens historie siden
"No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium." --Bill McKibben "An elegant reminder that activist victories are easily forgotten, and that they often come in ex