Orwell's Roses/ (Record no. 4903)
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| fixed length control field | 02197nam a2200193Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 4903 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250217s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780593083369 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Solnit, Rebecca |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7055 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Orwell's Roses/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Rebecca Solnit |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Granta Books; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 320p; |
| Dimensions | 22x14cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A lush exploration of politics, roses, and pleasure, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded by his passion for the natural world “In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.” So be-gins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and on the intertwined politics of nature and power. Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the roses he reportedly planted in 1936, Solnit’s account of this overlooked aspect of Orwell’s life journeys through his writing and his actions—from going deep into the coal mines of England, fighting in the Spanish Civil War, critiquing Stalin when much of the international left still supported him (and then critiquing that left) to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism. Through Solnit’s celebrated ability to draw unexpected connections, readers are drawn onward from Orwell‘s own work as a writer and gardener to encounter photographer Tina Modotti’s roses and her politics, agriculture and illusion in the USSR of his time with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell’s slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid’s examination of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market. The book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes Solnit’s portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as offering a meditation on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | George Orwell |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7056 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HN1-995 Social history and conditions |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | England |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7057 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Zeynep Oz | HN1-995 195.047 | 4903 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book | |||||
| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Zeynep Oz | HN1-995 195.047 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |