This multifaceted tribute to one of her principal literary influences is a reassessment of a writer best known for his fervent criticism of totalitarianism as “a threat not just to liberty and human rights but to language and consciousness.” George Orwell too was known to roam, which might be one reason why Solnit’s latest book, “ Orwell’s Roses,” is, from its beautiful cover to its impassioned coda, one of her very best. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Įssayist, cultural critic and activist Rebecca Solnit’s two-dozen-plus books have wandered all over the map: paeans to walking and roaming off course (“ Wanderlust” and “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”) an award-winning biography of photographer Eadweard Muybridge (“ River of Shadows”) and of course, her oft-cited memoirs about the damaging repercussions of living in a misogynistic world (“ Men Explain Things to Me” and “ Recollections of My Nonexistence”).
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