“In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, pa...
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Maria Popova @MariaPopova
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2022
- Curated in Favorite Books of 2021
This poetic gesture with political roots inspirits the uncommonly wonderful Orwell’s Roses. Like any Rebecca Solnit book, this too is a landmass of layered aboutness beneath the surface story — a book stratified with art and politics, beauty and ecology, mortality, and what gives our lives meaning.
Johanna Haas @Johanna
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Dec 27, 2022
- Curated in To Read List