{"product_id":"the-faraway-nearby-rebecca-solnit-paperback","title":"The Faraway Nearby -- Rebecca Solnit, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOrwell's Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy--a fitting companion to Solnit's \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exquisitely written book by the author of \u003ci\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Solnit explores the ways we make our lives out of stories, and how we are connected by empathy, by narrative, by imagination. In the course of unpacking some of her own stories--of her mother and her decline from memory loss, of a trip to Iceland, of an illness--Solnit revisits fairytales and entertains other stories: about arctic explorers, Che Guevara among the leper colonies, and Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein, about warmth and coldness, pain and kindness, decay and transformation, making art and making self. Woven together, these stories create a map which charts the boundaries and territories of storytelling, reframing who each of us is and how we might tell our story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Solnit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143125495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2014 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of seventeen books about environment, landscape, community, art, politics, hope, and feminism, including three atlases, of San Francisco in 2010, New Orleans in 2013, and New York in 2016;\u003ci\u003e Men Explain Things to Me\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Faraway Nearby\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWanderlust: A History of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West \u003c\/i\u003e(for which she received a Guggenheim, The National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award). She is a columnist at \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Solnit, Rebecca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45631223955684,"sku":"9780143125495","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780143125495.jpg?v=1777171137","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-faraway-nearby-rebecca-solnit-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}