ORWELL'S ROSES

A lush exploration of roses, pleasure, and politics, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing w as grounded in his passion for the natural worldIn the year 1936 a writer planted roses. So begins Rebecca Solnits new book, a re flection on George Orwells passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, and the natural world illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power. Sparked by h er unexpecte...[Read more]