Wanderlust

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This volume provides a history of walking, exploring the relationship between thinking and walking and between walking and culture The author argues for the preservation of the time and space in which to walk in an evercar dependent and accelerated world. New Download Wanderlust Author Rebecca Solnit For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Affirmation of PedestrianismFor those of you who don t know me as well as you think you do, I ll start by saying that I have never owned a car, and have not been behind the wheel of one in over 12 years I bicycle in nice weather but my preferred mode of transportation is walking.So, I just finished the book Wanderlust A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit and think it is one of the greatest books ever written I was partial to two of the last chapters, one about women and walking and the othe Affirmation of PedestrianismFor those of you who don t know me as well as you think you do, I ll start by saying that I have never owned a car, and have not been behind the wheel of one in over 12 years I bicycle in nice weather but my preferred mode of transportation is walking.So, I just finished the book Wanderlust A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit and think it is one of the greatest books ever written I was partial to two of the last chapters, one about women and walking and the other about the decline of pedestrianism due to automobilization and suburbanization but really, the whole damn book is great a work of art from start to finish.Solnit does exactly what the sub title describes traces a history of walking from the early philosophers and romantics to modern peripatetics like myself, who are disturbing...I really wanted to like this book muchthan I did, and kept waiting for it to get good I want to also acknowledge at the outset that it languished on my Kindle for about 8 months as I got through it 1% of the time at a very plodding pace Whenever I d be stuck someplace with nothing else to read and go, Ugh, fine, I ll work on the dang walking book again I m not sure I d have been so committed if it hadn t been one of my Your Next 5 Books at the Seattle Public Library I originally got I really wanted to like this book muchthan I did, and kept waiting for it to get good I want to also acknowledge at the outset that it languished on my Kindle for about 8 months as I got through it 1% of the time at a very plodding pace Whenever I d be stuck someplace with nothing else to read and go, Ugh, fine, I ll work on the dang walking book again I m not sure I d have been so committed if it hadn t been one of my Your Next 5 Books at the Seattle Public Library I originally got it because one of my subgoals last year was to read 60 books written by women Also, as one who has been car free or car lite my whole life, I ve got some pedestrian street cred and often want to literarily bump fists with my peeps, a...I expected a lotfrom this book and turns out I was terribly disappointed at how superficial and reductive her views of walking are I don t understand the title where s the history It sof a crib note guide and encomium to the theme of walking as found in Great Books of the Western canon As soon as I f...Thanks to my upbringing, to summers in the woods and weekend forest walks all year long with Father and the dog, I ve always enjoyed walking, particularly in nature, especially over new terrain, but even through the neighborhoods of cities Thanks to the ageing of my peers and, with such, their increased responsibilies and increasing incidences of disability, I ve had less opportunity to do so in company and, so, less inclination A dog, a good dog, would help, but I live in an apartment, in a c Thanks to my upbringing, to summers in the woods and weekend forest walks all year long with Father and the dog, I ve always enjoyed walking, particularly in nature, especially over new terrain, but even through the neighborhoods of cities Thanks to the agei...I can imagine that some people are disappointed in this book, because it offers no conventional overview of the history of walking It sa collection of musings and digressions about all kinds of cultural historical aspects of our civilization that are directly or indirectly linked with hiking protest marches as secular successor of pilgrimages, the care for the environment, the harmful effect of suburbanisation, the relationship between female emancipation and hiking, the relationship bet I can imagine that some people are disappointed in this book, because it offers no conventional overview of the history of walking It sa collection of musings and digressions about all kinds of cultural historical aspects of our civilization that are directly or indirectly linked with hiking protest marches as secular successor of pilgrimages, the care for the environment, the harmful effect of suburbanisation, the relationship between female emancipation and hiking, the relationship between democratization and hiking, and so on In between you ll indeed find elements that make possible a reconstruction of the history of walking, but you need to put the puzzle together yourself I m sure that Solnit has done this on purpose her favorite hiking trail is the labyrinth, which she descr...I know I gave this five stars, but I do have to get my one problem with this book out of the way Wanderlust, in all that it manages to cover, does not even mention Japanese haibun, a literary form that merges short prose and haiku This is important because many of these writings came out of long walking tours and travel accounts Not mentioning Basho s Narrow Road to the Interior seems a crime to me.That omission out of the way, I can still say that this is a terrific book, covering a lot of g I know I gave this five stars, but I do have to get my one problem with this book out of the way Wanderlust, in all that it manages to cover, does not even mention Japanese haibun, a literary form that merges short prose and haiku This is important because many of these writings came out of long walking tours and travel accounts Not mentioning Basho s Narrow Road to the Interior seems a crime to me.That omission out of the way, I can still say that this is a terrific book, covering a lot of ground, surprising even to me as a walker From the English walking gardens to Las Vegas disappearing public space, Solnit manages to weave history, literature, politics andon the subject of walking.Solnit shows that walking wasthan a mode of transportation back then, but part of the method of meditation and rumination for many philosophers, writers, and artists a form of protest and the way...I labored through it I am a walking addict, and expected apersonal connection with the author While Ms Solnit did include numerous examples of personal walks, I was not able to hang with her and see the countrysi...Phenomenal Discursive, well read, full of broad and rambling scholarship Some chapters are literary criticism, some scientific, some urban planning history, some religious One heartbreaking moment made me realize th...More than a history of walking, this is an excuse for Solnit to write about things she s interested in literature she enjoys, turn of the century prostitutes, urban planning, landscape painting, National Parks, shrubberies The book itself is an unplanned walk, following trails that often veer off in unexpected directions or circle back to themselves, and thus feels less like a history than a collection...I don t believe much in New Years Resolutions as I prefer to do my self improvement periodically throughout the year and not limit myself to a specific time in which to accomplish a goal However, we are about 25 days away from moving into a new neighborhood, a safer neighborhood, and I am looking forward to beingactive again my boyfriend bought me a bike for Christmas 2007 and I have yet to be able to take it out, we ll be a few blocks away from a dog park, we can walk to the tennis co I don t believe much in New Years Resolutions as I prefer to do my self improvement periodically throughout the year and not limit myself to a specific time in which to accomplish a goal However, we are about 25 days away from moving into a new neighborhood, a safer neighborhood, and I am looking forward to beingactive again my boyfriend bought me a bike for Christmas 2007 and I have yet to be able to take it out, we ll be a few blocks away from a dog park, we can walk to the tennis courts and not have to drive, and I ll be walking distance from everything I need which is ideal as I am a non driver....

Wanderlust
  • English
  • 24 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 328 pages
  • 1859843816
  • Rebecca Solnit
  • Wanderlust