Review
Lovely read. Solnit writes in a rather simple language about profound concepts that draw both from history and social action. The book is a collection of her published essays but a strong connecting thread can be seen: that slowly and steadily newer (and earlier suppressed/oppressed) ideas, people, values, narratives emerge and begin to negotiate, if not openly supplant the dominant narrative. Rich with hyper-local US city history could be both interesting as well as a barrier for global engagement with the book though. A thread of quotes that I compile-tweeted: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1188828964204232705.html
Reading status
- Status: Read
- My rating: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Date started / added: 2019/10/27
- Date finished: 2019/11/03
Metadata
- Author: Rebecca Solnit
- Year: 2019.0
- ISBN13: =“9781783785438”
- Shelves (Goodreads): —
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