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DESCRIPTION:Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the surviving roses he planted in 
 1936, Solnit’s account of this understudied aspect of Orwell’s life 
 explores  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. \n\nThrough Solnit’s celebrated ability to draw 
 unexpected connections, readers encounter the photographer Tina Modotti’s 
 roses and her Stalinism, Stalin’s obsession with forcing lemons to grow 
 in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell’s slave-owning ancestors in 
 Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid’s critique of colonialism and imperialism in the 
 flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the 
 American market. \n\nThe book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen 
 Eighty-Four that completes her portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well 
 as a reflection on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of 
 resistance.\n\nWriter, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author 
 of more than twenty books including  Call Them By Their True Names (Winner 
 of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction), Men Explain Things to Me, and A 
 Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in 
 Disaster. \n\nAdam Hochschild is an American author, journalist, historian 
 and lecturer whose books include King Leopold's Ghost, To End All Wars: A 
 Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, and Spain in Our Hearts. \n\nAttendance is 
 limited. Free ticket with purchase of book now available at The Green 
 Arcade Online Shop (www.TheGreenArcade.com). Individual tickets on sale 
 closer to the event depending on availability. Doors open at 6:30 - event 
 at 7pm.\n\nThis is a masked event and vaccination cards will be mandatory. 
 The event will be livestreamed on YouTube.\n\n Many thanks to the McRoskey 
 Mattress Company\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/03/18845378.php
SUMMARY:Rebecca Solnit in Conversation with Adam Hochschild on Her New Book Orwell's Roses
LOCATION:3rd Floor Loft of the McRoskey Mattress Co.\n1687 Market Street, San 
 Francisco 94103\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/03/18845378.php
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