No straight road takes you there

Rebecca Solnit

Highways tend to be built across the easy routes and flat places, or the landscape is cleared away - logged, graded, levelled, tunnelled through - or the roadway lifted above it to streamline the journey. But to stick to these roads is to miss what else is out there. In her writing and activism, Rebecca Solnit has sought the back roads and the pathless places in order to celebrate indirect and unpredictable consequences, which, she argues are key to understanding power and the possibilities of change. Picking up where 'Hope in the Dark' left off, collected together here are Solnit's best recent essays about the climate crisis, as well as her broader reflections on women's rights, the fight for democracy, the trends in masculinity, and the rise of the far right in the West.

Author(s): Solnit, Rebecca
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 08/05/2025
Pagination: 256 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Granta Books
Published By: Granta Books
Book Classification: Literary essays|Feminism & feminist theory|Feminism & feminist theory|Pressure groups & protest movements|Climate change|Politics & government
Dimensions: 198x129
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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781803511641