""In twenty-nine essays Solnit combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community to create a powerful survey of the world.
Like the women who've pioneered before her-Sontag, Didion, and Dillard-her essays are a beacon.
In its encyclopedic reach and its generous compassion, Solnit's collection charts a way through the thickets of our complex social and political worlds. Gathered here are celebrated iconic essays along with little-known pieces that create a powerful survey of the world we live in. For more of Solnit’s elevating writing, see her explorations of what books do for the human spirit, why the sky and the ocean are blue, and how we find ourselves by getting lost. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. As the title suggests, the territory of Solnit's concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, and community, all while writing with the lyricism of a poet to achieve incandescence and wisdom. Each of the 29 essays in The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness is a remarkable read. The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness - Kindle edition by Solnit, Rebecca. "The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed books of nonfiction, brings the same dazzling writing to the twenty-nine essays in The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness.
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