- Walking, Hiking, Voyages and travels, Geschichte
"In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories -- of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores -- to create a portrait of the range of possibilities for this most basic act.
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Character
Character-led, warm, earnest and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Rebecca Solnit
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 326
- Publisher
- Granta Books, Actes Sud, Viking
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781783780396
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“Where does it start?”
A writer who lives in San Francisco. She has written on a variety of subjects including the environment, politics, place, and art.
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