Storming the Gates of Paradise – Landscapes for Politics
Autor RS Solniten Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iun 2008
"Solnit's is an indispensable voice, and Storming the Gates of Paradise is the perfect introduction to her work."--Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma
"Rebecca Solnit, like some of the places she writes about here, is a national treasure. At a time of reckless arrogance in high places, hers is a voice of moral clarity, wisdom about our country and planet, and impressive erudition that is lightly worn. This book is a tasting menu for the work of a mind and pen we are lucky to have."--Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
"Solnit is, as she says, a memoirist, a journalist, and a critic, but first and foremost, she is a writer. The essays in Storming the Gates of Paradise, with their brilliant and all too rare interweaving of political acumen and passionate prose, prove that she is in fact the best landscape writer around. When she focuses on some of my favorite Western places, it's like revisiting them in good company, with sharpened eyes and mind."--Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society
"Rebecca Solnit is reinventing the genre we call 'American nature writing, ' finding provocative new ways to look at the intersections of landscape and politics. Hers is an indispensable voice, and Storming the Gates of Paradise the perfect introduction to her work."--Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780520256569
ISBN-10: 0520256565
Pagini: 429
Dimensiuni: 165 x 204 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of California Press
ISBN-10: 0520256565
Pagini: 429
Dimensiuni: 165 x 204 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of California Press
Notă biografică
Rebecca Solnit is the best-selling author of ten books - among them Wanderlust, Savage Dreams, and Hollow City - and countless articles, for which she has received numerous awards and accolades. In 2003 she won the prestigious Lannan Literary Award. Also in 2003 she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for River of Shadows.
Descriere
Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. This work represents developments in Solnit's thinking and offers you a panoramic world view enriched by her characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations.