No Straight Road Takes You There : Essays for Uneven Terrain

This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a declaration. Highways tend to be built across the easy routes and flat places, or the landscape is cleared away - logged, graded, levelled, tunnelled through - but to stick to these roads is to miss what else is out there. In her writing and activism, Rebecca Solnit has sought the pathless places in order to celebrate indirect and unpredictable consequences, and to embrace slowness and imperfection, which, she argues, are key to understanding the possibilities of change. In her latest essay collection, the award-winning writer explores responses to the climate crisis, as well as reflections on women's rights, the fight for democracy, the trends in masculinity, and the rise of the far right in the West. Incantatory and poetic, positive and engaging, these essays argue for the long-term view and the power of collective action, making a case for seeding change wherever possible, and offering us all a path out of the wilderness.Author: Solnit, Rebecca,author
Contributors: Solnit, Rebecca,author
Binding: hardcover
Number Of Pages: 176
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 8 May 2025
Format: Hardback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Granta Books
Author/Director/Artist: Rebecca Solnit
Dimension (cm): 198x129x14 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 22x205x136 mm
Item Weight (g): 266
Package Weight (g): 260