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Rebecca solnit on a childhood of reading and wandering. The incomparable rebecca solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed, prizewinning books of nonfiction including men explain things to me, brings the same dazzling writing to the essays in the encyclopedia of trouble and spaciousness. A book of migrations is a postcolonial revision of conventional travel literature. Solnit is a shrewd and canny observer of everyday life, a student who likes to know the background, an adept at the fine art of seeing, then excavating and. Enriched by crosscultural comparisons with the history of the american west, a book of migrations carves a new route through irelands history, literature and landscape.
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Dec 15, 2015 rebecca solnit is author of, among other books, wanderlust, a book of migrations, a field guide to getting lost, the nbcc awardwinning river of shadows and a paradise built in hell. Rebecca solnit is a freelance writer, and author of men explain things to me and the mother of all questions. And oh what a treat rambling, discursive solnit writes the way bill clinton speaks, going off on tangents and following what seem like random thoughts, until suddenly i see connections ive been looking for. I was gifted this book by my good friend james gilmore, photographer extraordinaire and conflicted irishman. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art. Called the voice of the resistance by the new york times, she has emerged as an essential guide to our times, through incisive commentary on feminism, violence, ecology, hope, and everything in between. Oct 04, 2011 pd smith on a book of migrations by rebecca solnit. A book of migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. This is not a travel book in the usual sense, but a book of essays sequenced and shaped by my.
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