Orwell's roses
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
"In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still thriving. This is the starting point for Rebecca Solnit's new book, which presents another side of Orwell, a neglected arcadian Orwell who took enormous pleasure in the natural world and found great meaning and value in it. Orwell's planting of the roses is an axle from which Solnit's chapters radiate out like spokes as she brilliantly explores its various contexts, perspectives, and meanings, following the contours of Orwell's life and tracking how deeply enmeshed the love of nature is in all his writing. Journeying to the cottage in Wallingford where Orwell lived in 1936, she examines his desire to be agrarian and settled, how gardening restored him, and how planting something can be an act of fidelity and faith. Probing at the beauty and meaning of roses, she draws in the revolutionary photography and politics of Tina Modotti and makes a clandestine visit to a Colombian rose factory, where 80% of America's roses for sale are grown. She tracks the history of gardening, showing how the desire to garden is culturally determined and often rooted in class, recounts the immense battles over breeding and genetics in Russia during Stalin's time, and probes into the colonialist roots of Orwell's forebears, who worked in opium production in India and profiteered from sugar and slavery in Jamaica. Solnit shows how these points of intersection illuminate Orwell's work, and how that illumination shines forth on larger questions about beauty, pleasure, meaning, relationship, and hope. Her book establishes that "Orwellian" could stand for something more than ominous, corrupt, and sinister.
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Authors, English
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Gardening
Homes and haunts
Knowledge and learning
Literary Criticism
Nature
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Knowledge and learning
Roses
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Gardening
Homes and haunts
Knowledge and learning
Literary Criticism
Nature
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Knowledge and learning
Roses
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 34c3b460-4da3-f28e-77c1-00a48093692a |
---|---|
Grouping Title | orwells roses |
Grouping Author | rebecca solnit |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-26 01:37:11AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-26 01:58:08AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Solnit, Rebecca
author_display
Solnit, Rebecca
available_at_lafayette
Lafayette Public Library
Online OverDrive Collection
Online OverDrive Collection
detailed_location_lafayette
Lafayette Biography Area
Online OverDrive Collection
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
"In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still thriving. This is the starting point for Rebecca Solnit's new book, which presents another side of Orwell, a neglected arcadian Orwell who took enormous pleasure in the natural world and found great meaning and value in it. Orwell's planting of the roses is an axle from which Solnit's chapters radiate out like spokes as she brilliantly explores its various contexts, perspectives, and meanings, following the contours of Orwell's life and tracking how deeply enmeshed the love of nature is in all his writing. Journeying to the cottage in Wallingford where Orwell lived in 1936, she examines his desire to be agrarian and settled, how gardening restored him, and how planting something can be an act of fidelity and faith. Probing at the beauty and meaning of roses, she draws in the revolutionary photography and politics of Tina Modotti and makes a clandestine visit to a Colombian rose factory, where 80% of America's roses for sale are grown. She tracks the history of gardening, showing how the desire to garden is culturally determined and often rooted in class, recounts the immense battles over breeding and genetics in Russia during Stalin's time, and probes into the colonialist roots of Orwell's forebears, who worked in opium production in India and profiteered from sugar and slavery in Jamaica. Solnit shows how these points of intersection illuminate Orwell's work, and how that illumination shines forth on larger questions about beauty, pleasure, meaning, relationship, and hope. Her book establishes that "Orwellian" could stand for something more than ominous, corrupt, and sinister.
format_category_lafayette
Audio Books
Books
eBook
Books
eBook
format_lafayette
Book
eAudiobook
eAudiobook
id
34c3b460-4da3-f28e-77c1-00a48093692a
isbn
9780593083369
9780593166550
9780593166550
itype_lafayette
hardcover book
last_indexed
2024-04-26T07:58:08.941Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_lafayette
828.912 Orw
Online OverDrive
Online OverDrive
owning_library_lafayette
Lafayette Public Library
Lafayette Public Library Online
Lafayette Public Library Online
owning_location_lafayette
Lafayette Public Library
Online OverDrive Collection
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9780593083369
publishDate
2021
publisher
Books on Tape
Viking
Viking
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Biographies
Gardening
Nature
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Knowledge and learning
Roses
Biographies
Gardening
Nature
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Homes and haunts
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Knowledge and learning
Roses
title_display
Orwell's roses
title_full
Orwell's Roses
Orwell's roses / Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's roses / Rebecca Solnit
title_short
Orwell's roses
topic_facet
Authors, English
Biography & Autobiography
Gardening
Homes and haunts
Knowledge and learning
Literary Criticism
Nature
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Roses
Biography & Autobiography
Gardening
Homes and haunts
Knowledge and learning
Literary Criticism
Nature
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Roses
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b30021121 | .i46424490 | Boulder Main Adult NonFiction | 828.09 Orwell | 1 | false | false | Due May 7, 2024 | Jan 13, 2024 | bmnfa | ||||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46381077 | Broomfield Non-Fiction | 828.91209 Orwell | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Mar 20, 2023 | mdnab | ||||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46406402 | Lafayette Biography Area | 828.912 Orw | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Oct 04, 2023 | lanba | ||||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46412001 | Longmont Adult Nonfiction | 828.91209 SOL | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | Dec 05, 2023 | lgnfa | ||||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46408423 | Loveland Adult Nonfiction | 828.91209 Solnit, R. | 1 | false | false | Due May 14, 2024 | Oct 09, 2023 | lvnfa | ||||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 10 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 8 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | -1 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 2 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 11 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 3 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 0 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b30021121 | Book | Books | English | Viking | [2021] | 308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | ||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | English | Books on Tape | 2021 |
scoping_details_lafayette
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ils:.b30021121 | .i46424490 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46381077 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46406402 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | true | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46412001 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 128, 1, 129, 2, 3, 131, 4, 132, 5, 133, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 125, 126, 127 | ||
ils:.b30021121 | .i46408423 | Checked Out | Checked Out | false | false | true | false | false | false | 1, 2, 3, 131, 4, 5, 6, 7, 135, 8, 136, 9, 137, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125 | ||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | 10 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | true | |||
overdrive:279bf8d8-749e-4214-9a4d-28a58d833608 | -1 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false |
More Details
ISBN:
9780593083369
9780593166550
9780593166550