{"product_id":"orwells-roses-paperback","title":"Orwell's Roses - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times and also through the life and times of roses.\" --Margaret Atwood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, parent, and endlessly curious thinker.\" --Claire Messud, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nobody who reads it will ever think of \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e in quite the same way.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lush exploration of politics, roses, and pleasure, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded by his passion for the natural world\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.\" So be-gins Rebecca Solnit's new book, a reflection on George Orwell's passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and on the intertwined politics of nature and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the roses he reportedly planted in 1936, Solnit's account of this overlooked aspect of Orwell's life journeys through 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through Solnit's celebrated ability to draw unexpected connections, readers are drawn onward from Orwell's own work as a writer and gardener to encounter photographer Tina Modotti's roses and her politics, agriculture and illusion in the USSR of his time with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell's slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid's examination 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 Solnit's portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as offering a meditation on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Solnit \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eRecollections of My Nonexistence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Faraway Nearby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiver of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWanderlust\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMen Explain Things to Me\u003c\/i\u003e and many essays on feminism, activism and social change, hope, and the climate crisis. A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.42 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732151930943,"sku":"9780593083376","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/04ec7da7d28971641c705677f7569a90.webp?v=1765131455","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/orwells-roses-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}