"Gå vilse" är en bok om ovisshet av många olika slag ? ovisshet om var man befinner sig i terrängen eller det egna livet. Den handlar också om ovissheten som konstnärligt verktyg och som historisk erfarenhet, om Yves Klein och hans märkliga blå färg…
Vi lever i en orolig tid när utvecklingen inom världspolitiken tycks absurd, klimatkatastroflarmen ljuder allt högre och klyftorna i samhället bara blir djupare. Därför ger vi nu ut Rebecca Solnits klassiska aktivistbok Hopp som aldrig tidigare ko…
Rebecca Solnits essä "Män förklarar saker för mig" har redan fått något av en feministisk klassikerstatus. Denna vidräkning med självupptagna kulturmän som aldrig vill sluta prata och olika former av subtilt eller inte så värst subtilt kvinnoförtryc…
”Att vara en ung kvinna är att ställas inför sin egen utplåning på ett oändligt antal sätt eller att fly från den eller vetskapen om den, eller allt detta på en gång. ’En vacker kvinnas död är obestridligen det mest poetiska ämnet i värl…
In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting…
"Det är en av de behagligaste och mest bildande läsupplevelserna jag har haft" /Sinziana Ravini i GP Att gå till fots är inte bara att förflytta sig från en punkt till en annan. Det är också att ingå i ett sammanhang, befinna sig mitt i ett konkret…
In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller 'Men Explain Things to Me', Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary,…
What does it mean to be out walking in the world, whether in a landscape or a metropolis, on a pilgrimage or a protest march? In this first general history of walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories to create a range of possibilities f…
The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed, prizewinning books of nonfiction including Men Explain Things To Me, brings the same dazzling writing to the essays in The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness; hailed by th…
"A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters" (The New York Times Book Review) from the author of the memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence "Solnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppress…
Rebecca Solnit's essay 'Men Explain Things to Me' has become a touchstone of the feminist movement, inspired the term 'mansplaining', and established Solnit as one of the leading feminist thinkers of our time - one who has inspired everyone from rad…
"This slim book--seven essays, punctuated by enigmatic, haunting paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez--hums with power and wit."--Boston Globe"The antidote to mansplaining."--The Stranger"Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scath…
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco that would be her home for the next twenty-five years. There, she began to come to terms with the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled…
"One of the Best Books of the 21st Century." --The Guardian "No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium." --Bill McKibben "An elegant reminder that activist victories are e…
A passionate, thought provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of the memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and l…
Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a fascinating portrait of the range of possibilities presented by walking. Arguing that…
A series of autobiographical essays draws on key moments and relationships in the author's life to explore such issues as trust, loss, and desire, in a volume that focuses on a central theme of losing oneself in the pleasures of experience. By the a…
Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past 200 years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens to discuss the transformations of space and time in late…
At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five dec…
Ljuga i offentligheten går att göra på många olika sätt, påpekar Rebecca Solnit i förordet till essäsamlingen "Kalla dem vid deras rätta namn". ”Man kan ljuga genom att blunda för hela sfärer som påverkar och påverkas, utelämna viktig informat…
"Jag skriver om hur den nyväckta feministrörelsen i Nordamerika och runt om i världen förvandlar samhället i snabb takt, inte bara i form av ändrade lagar. Den förändrar vår syn på samtycke, makt, rättigheter, kön, röst och representation. Den här r…
Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle over that foundational power. Women, people of colour and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white men in particular are fighting to preserve their own cen…
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Mark Lynton History Prize Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the author of Recollections of My Nonexistence explores what it was about Californi…
"This is a reminder of hope and possibility, of kindness and compassion, and--perhaps most salient--imagination and liberty. Through the imaginations of our childhoods, can we find our true selves liberated in adulthood?"--Chelsea HandlerIn her debu…
New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the international best-selling author of Men Explain Things to Me. Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, peop…
Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men and particularly white me…
In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, th…
Den amerikanske forfatteren Rebecca Solnit er en av våre absolutt skarpeste nålevende essayister. Hun er en like stor fornøyelse å lese uansett tema, men i hennes ofte like politiske som litterære krøniker har hun en forkjærlighet for rommet og land…
Rebecca Solnit retells 'Cinderella'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'She looked like a girl who was evening, and an evening that had become a girl...' In the kitchen, in her rags, Cinderella, longs to go…
What makes a place? "Infinite City", Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by artists, writers, cartographers,…
In 1981, Rebecca Solnit rented a studio apartment in San Francisco, her home for the next twenty-five years. There she began the process of forging a voice in a society that preferred women to be silent. Liberated by West Coast activism, growing gay…
Miehet selittävät minulle asioita on kulttimaineeseen noussut teos, jonka nimiessee on synnyttänyt arkipuheessa viljellyn termin miesselittäminen, ”mansplaining”. Kokoelman avaavassa kirjoituksessa Solnit kuvaa viihdyttävästi ja teräväst…
In Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit takes on the conversations between men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't. The ultimate problem, she shows in her comic, scathing essay, is female self-doubt and the silenci…
"The maps themselves are things of beauty...a document of its time, of our time." -Sadie Stein, New York Times "One is invited to fathom the many New Yorks hidden from history's eye...thoroughly terrific." -Maria Popova, Brain Pickings Nonstop Metro…
"The maps themselves are things of beauty."-The New York Times Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From Rebecca Solnit, Rebecca Snedeker, and Joshua Jelly…
Med essayet "Men explain things to me" ble Solnit et fenomen. Her satte hun ord på den lettere nedlatende og selvhøytidelige måten enkelte menn, men ikke så rent få, har en tendens til å ville øse av sine innsikter over et nært sagt hvilket som hels…
In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonizati…
"Invisible: Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes" is Trevor Paglen's long-awaited first photographic monograph. Social scientist, artist, writer and provocateur, Paglen has been exploring the secret activities of the U.S. military and intelli…
The iconic 20" x 20" "City of Women" map, updated for 2019 with dozens of new NYC icons including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cardi B, and all the All-Girl Robotics Teams of the Bronx."How does it impact our imaginations that so many places in so many…
Længe før MeToo-kampagnen blev Rebecca Solnit et feministisk ikon, da hun med sit veloplagte essay Mænd forklarer mig ting satte ord på den lettere nedladende og selvsmagende måde, hvorpå visse mænd forklarer kvinder noget, de allerede ved. Essayet…
An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980…
In 1963 the waters began rising behind Glen Canyon Dam and 170 miles of the Colorado River slowly disappeared as the riverbed and surrounding canyons filled with water. Environmentalists considered it a disaster and mourned Glen Canyon as gone forev…
This personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy from award winner Rebecca Solnit is a fitting companion to her beloved A Field Guide for Getting Lost. In this exquisitely written new audiobook by the author of A Paradise Built in Hel…
From the author of the memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence, a personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy - a fitting companion to Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award In th…
A collection of the year's best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit. "Essays are restless literature, trying to find out how things fit together, how we can think about two things at once, how the personal and the public…
