Solnit argues for the necessity of preserving the time and space in which to walk in our ever more car-dependent and accelerated world. She profiles some of the most significant walkers in history and fiction-from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder, from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja-finding a profound relationship between walking and thinking and walking and culture. Analizando temas que van desde la evolución anatómica hasta el. Un fascinante retrato de la infinita gama de posibilidades que se presentan a pie. Arguing that the history of walking includes walking for pleasure as well as for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit focuses on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture, from philosophers to poets to mountaineers. Edición en Inglés de Rebecca Solnit (Autor) Un libro de culto y un clásico sobre la historia y la filosofía del caminar, donde además se abordan temas tan variados como el urbanismo y el arte. writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Los Angeles Times. Description A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Rosesĭrawing 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. Rebecca Solnit is author of, among other books, Wanderlust, A Book of Migrations.
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