'I loved this book... An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life
and times' Margaret Atwood 'Expansive and thought-provoking'
Independent Outside my work the thing I care most about is
gardening - George Orwell Inspired by her encounter with the
surviving roses that Orwell is said to have planted in his cottage
in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with
plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as
a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature
and power. Following his journey from the coal mines of England to
taking up arms in the Spanish Civil War; from his prescient
critique of Stalin to his analysis of the relationship between lies
and authoritarianism, Solnit finds a more hopeful Orwell, whose
love of nature pulses through his work and actions. And in her
dialogue with the author, she makes fascinating forays into
colonial legacies in the flower garden, discovers photographer Tina
Modotti's roses, reveals Stalin's obsession with growing lemons in
impossibly cold conditions, and exposes the brutal rose industry in
Colombia. A fresh reading of a towering figure of the 20th century
which finds solace and solutions for the political and
environmental challenges we face today, Orwell's Roses is a
remarkable reflection on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of
resistance. 'Luminous...It is efflorescent, a study that seeds and
blooms, propagates thoughts, and tends to historical associations'
New Statesman 'A genuinely extraordinary mind, whose curiosity,
intelligence and willingness to learn seem unbounded' Irish Times
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