Orwell's Roses: Rebecca Solnit - Brossura

Solnit, Rebecca

 
9781783788620: Orwell's Roses: Rebecca Solnit
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ISBN 10: 1783788623 ISBN 13: 9781783788620
Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2021

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From 1936 to 1940, the newly-wed George Orwell lived in a small cottage in Hertfordshire, writing, and tending his garden. When Rebecca Solnit visited the cottage, she discovered the descendants of the roses that he had planted many decades previously. These survivors, as well as the diaries he kept of his planting and growing, provide a springboard for a fresh look at Orwell's motivations and drives - and the optimism that countered his dystopian vision - and open up a profound mediation on our relationship to plants, trees and the natural world. Tracking Orwell's impact on political thought over the last century, Solnit journeys to England and Russia, Mexico and Colombia, exploring the political and historical events that shaped Orwell's life and her own. From a history of roses to discussions of climate change and insights into structural inequalities in contemporary society, Orwell's Roses is a fresh reading of a towering figure of 20th century literary and political life, which finds optimism, solace and solutions to our 21st century world.

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From 1936 to 1940, the newly-wed George Orwell lived in a small cottage in Hertfordshire, writing, and tending his garden. When Rebecca Solnit visited the cottage, she discovered the descendants of the roses that he had planted many decades previously. These survivors, as well as the diaries he kept of his planting and growing, provide a springboard for a fresh look at Orwell's motivations and drives - and the optimism that countered his dystopian vision - and open up a profound mediation on our relationship to plants, trees and the natural world. Tracking Orwell's impact on political thought over the last century, Solnit journeys to England and Russia, Mexico and Colombia, exploring the political and historical events that shaped Orwell's life and her own. From a history of roses to discussions of climate change and insights into structural inequalities in contemporary society, Orwell's Roses is a fresh reading of a towering figure of 20th century literary and political life, which finds optimism, solace and solutions to our 21st century world.

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Editore
Faber and Faber
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1783788623
ISBN 13 
9781783788620
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780593083369: Orwell's Roses

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ISBN 10:  0593083369 ISBN 13:  9780593083369
Casa editrice: Viking, 2021
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