A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland

by Rebecca Solnit

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844677085
Publisher:	Verso Books
Publication date:	09/05/2011
Edition description:	Fully Updated New Second Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,029,110
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Rebecca Solnit is author of, among other books, Wanderlust, A Book of Migrations, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the NBCC award-winning River of Shadows and A Paradise Built In Hell. A contributing editor to Harper’s, she writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Preface xi

Preface to the New Edition xiii

1 The Cave 1

2 The Book of Invasions 11

3 Noah's Alphabet 27

4 The Butterfly Collector 38

5 The Beggar's Rounds 61

6 Anchor in the Road 81

7 Wandering Rocks 98

8 Articles of Faith 110

9 A Pound of Feathers 121

10 And a Pound of Lead 132

11 The Circulation of the Blood 150

12 Rock Collecting 165

13 The War between the Birds and Trees 175

14 Wild Goose Chase 184

15 Grace 197

16 Travellers 208

17 The Green Room 229

Notes 239

Editorial Reviews

Truly exceptional, a paradise for readers.”—Kirkus Reviews

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