{"product_id":"the-encyclopedia-of-trouble-and-spaciousness-paperback","title":"The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed, prizewinning books of nonfiction including \u003ci\u003e Men Explain Things To Me\u003c\/i\u003e, brings the same dazzling writing to the essays in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e; hailed by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as globally wide-ranging and topically urgent and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e as luminous and precise.. As the title suggests, the territory of Solnit's concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community, all while writing with the lyricism of a poet to achieve incandescence and wisdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathered here are celebrated iconic essays along with little-known pieces that create a powerful survey of the world we live in, from the jungles of the Zapatistas in Mexico to the splendors of the Arctic. This rich collection tours places as diverse as Haiti and Iceland; movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring; an original take on the question of who did Henry David Thoreau's laundry; and a searching look at what the hatred of country music really means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSolnit moves nimbly from Orwell to Elvis, to contemporary urban gardening to 1970s California macram  and punk rock, and on to searing questions about the environment, freedom, family, class, work, and friendship. It's no wonder she's been compared in \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e to Susan Sontag and Annie Dillard and in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e to Joan Didion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e proves Rebecca Solnit worthy of the accolades and honors she's received. Rarely can a reader find such penetrating critiques of our time and its failures leavened with such generous heapings of hope. Solnit looks back to history and the progress of political movements to find an antidote to despair in what many feel as lost causes. In its encyclopedic reach and its generous compassion, Solnit's collection charts a way through the thickets of our complex social and political worlds. Her essays are a beacon for readers looking for alternative ideas in these imperiled times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco writer \u003cb\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory. They include \u003ci\u003eMen Explain Things To Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Faraway Nearby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eInfinite City: A San Francisco Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStorming the Gates of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWanderlust: A History of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAs Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received a Guggenheim fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award. Solnit has worked with climate change, Native American land rights, antinuclear, human rights, and antiwar issues as an activist and journalist. She is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and a frequent contributor to the political site Tomdispatch.com and has made her living as an independent writer since 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770990887200,"sku":"9781595347534","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b246682dfb88ebd58d1dc03c43c4ca9.webp?v=1780381577","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-encyclopedia-of-trouble-and-spaciousness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}