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"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 draw unexpected connections, readers encounter the photographer Tina Modotti's roses and her Stalinism, Stalin's obsession with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell's slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid's critique of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market. The book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes her portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as a reflection on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.
"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 draw unexpected connections, readers encounter the photographer Tina Modotti's roses and her Stalinism, Stalin's obsession with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell's slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid's critique of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market. The book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes her portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as a reflection on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.
SPEAKS TO FLOURISHING TRENDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTING: Interest in vegetable and flower gardening has blossomed since the pandemic hit; Solnit's book will be of interest to the increasing number of people who are growing their own food and curious about nature and ecology.
ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT SOLNIT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT: Orwell's Roses draws on Solnit's interest in nature and the politics of nature, landscape, the shape of time, hope, climate change, justice, human rights, and resistance.
ONGOING POPULARITY OF ORWELL: Orwell's novels in particular are being read now as much as they ever were, in this age of growing tendencies towards totalitarianism.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593083369 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593083369 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Solnit, Rebecca |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin LLC US
Viking |
| Abbildungen: | 8 PART OPENING PHOTOS THROUGHOUT |
| Maße: | 212 x 146 x 29 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rebecca Solnit |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.10.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,424 kg |
SPEAKS TO FLOURISHING TRENDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTING: Interest in vegetable and flower gardening has blossomed since the pandemic hit; Solnit's book will be of interest to the increasing number of people who are growing their own food and curious about nature and ecology.
ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT SOLNIT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT: Orwell's Roses draws on Solnit's interest in nature and the politics of nature, landscape, the shape of time, hope, climate change, justice, human rights, and resistance.
ONGOING POPULARITY OF ORWELL: Orwell's novels in particular are being read now as much as they ever were, in this age of growing tendencies towards totalitarianism.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | 256 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780593083369 |
| ISBN-10: | 0593083369 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Solnit, Rebecca |
| Hersteller: |
Penguin LLC US
Viking |
| Abbildungen: | 8 PART OPENING PHOTOS THROUGHOUT |
| Maße: | 212 x 146 x 29 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rebecca Solnit |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.10.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,424 kg |
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