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WANDERLUST - REBECCA SOLNIT KARTONIERT (TB)

'Radical  humane  witty' Alain de Botton   'Magisterial' Will Self  Guardian     Explore
historical  political and philosophical paths traced by walkers in this profound and diverting
modern classic.      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 numerous stories to create a new way of looking at one of
humanity's most fundamental and expressive acts.    Arguing that walking as history means
walking for pleasure and for political  aesthetic  and social meaning  Solnit homes in on the
walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have shaped our culture  from the philosophers of
ancient Greece to the poets of the Romantic Age  from the perambulations of the Surrealists to
the ascents of mountaineers.    With profiles of some of the most significant walkers in
history and fiction - from Wordsworth to Gary Snyder  from Rousseau to Argentina's Mother of
the Plaza de Mayo  from Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet to Andre Breton's Nadja - Wanderlust
takes us on an unforgettable journey and shows how walking can affect the body  the imagination
and the world around us.   'One of those rare  quirky  rather lovable books that makes you look
anew at something so familiar ... Solnit winningly traces the shifting cultural significance of
putting one foot in front of another' Daily Telegraph

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