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The Beginning Comes After the End
Notes on a World of Change
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'An old world is dying; a new world is being born; now is the time of monsters' Antonio Gramsci Solnit maps the extraordinary revolution of ideas and rights that we've experienced over the last fifty years, which has profoundly changed our world. In recognising the interdependent...
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'An old world is dying; a new world is being born; now is the time of monsters' Antonio Gramsci
Solnit maps the extraordinary revolution of ideas and rights that we've experienced over the last fifty years, which has profoundly changed our world. In recognising the interdependent and symbiotic relationships in nature and among humans, this revolution is beginning to overturn capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and the human domination of natureβdespite the best efforts of the old world to fight back.
From one of the most significant thinkers of our day, The Beginning Comes After the End is a culmination of years of activism and offers a unique perspective on our politics and our humanity. It gives hope in difficult times and urgently reminds us that the power to change the world is within our reach.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781803513300
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 160
About the Author
REBECCA SOLNIT is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell's Roses, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Recollections of My Non-Existence, which was longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and shortlisted for the 2021 James Tait Black Award, The Faraway Nearby, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, River of Shadows and A Paradise Built in Hell. She is also the author of Men Explain Things to Me and many essays on feminism, activism, social change, hope, and the climate crisis, and writes regularly for the Guardian. She lives in San Francisco.
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