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A Paradise Built in Hell (The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster)
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Product Details
Author:
Rebecca Solnit
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group (August 31, 2010)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9780143118077
ISBN-10:
0143118072
Weight:
10.8oz
Dimensions:
5.47" x 8.38" x 0.75"
Case Pack:
36
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_full_active_D20260405T171753_155746879-20260405.xml
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RandomHouse
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$13.86
List Price:
$18.00
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
QuickShip:
Yes
Audience:
General/trade
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
Penguin Books
Overview
From the author of Men Explain Things to Me – “A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters” (The New York Times Book Review)
"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years."
-Bill McKibben
Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years."
-Bill McKibben
Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
