PDF->Orwell's Roses Writen - Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's Roses
By : Rebecca Solnit
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Book Synopsis :
A lush exploration of roses, pleasure, and politics, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world?In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.? So begins Rebecca Solnit?s new book, a reflection on George Orwell?s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power. Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the surviving roses he planted in 1936, Solnit?s account of this understudied aspect of Orwell?s life explores his writing and his actions?from going deep into the coal mines of England, fighting in the Spanish Civil War, critiquing Stalin when much of the international left still supported him (and then critiquing that left), to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism. Through Solnit?s celebrated ability to
Book Detail :
Author : Rebecca Solnit
Pages : 320 pages
Publisher : Viking
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 0593083369
ISBN-13 : 9780593083369
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