{"product_id":"no-straight-road-takes-you-there-by-rebecca-solnit","title":"No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eThis book's title,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Straight Road Takes You There,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an evocation and a declaration. Highways tend to be built across the easy routes and flat places, or the landscape is cleared away - logged, graded, levelled, tunnelled through - or the roadway lifted above it to streamline the journey. But to stick to these roads is to miss what else is out there. In her writing and activism, Rebecca Solnit has sought the back roads and the pathless places in order to celebrate indirect and unpredictable consequences, which, she argues are key to understanding power and the possibilities of change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePicking up where\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eleft off, collected together here are Solnit's best recent essays about the climate crisis, as well as her broader reflections on women's rights, the fight for democracy, the trends in masculinity, and the rise of the far right in the West. Incantatory and poetic, positive and engaging, these essays argue for the long-term view and the power of collective action, making a case for seeding change wherever possible, and offering us all a path out of the wilderness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Perk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46426347831445,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1769\/0261\/files\/perk-book-8910016348309-standard.jpg?v=1792632898","url":"https:\/\/theperkcards.com\/products\/no-straight-road-takes-you-there-by-rebecca-solnit","provider":"The Perk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}