A Book of Migrations

By Rebecca Solnit

A rambling philosophical work of travel writing with descriptive musings on Irish history and heritage from the award-winning author of Men Explain Things to Me

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland’s history, literature and landscape.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Sep 5, 2011
• ISBN: 9781844678143

Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, hope and disaster, including A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster (Penguin, 2010) and Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities (Haymarket, 2016).

Reviews for A Book of Migrations

[stravinsky-544320 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

nice meandering