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sialia95's review against another edition
3.0
Intriguing read but the author really needs to be more honest about how little evidence there actually is for some of the theories she presents
carmenx9's review
4.0
I love Rebecca Solnit, almost as much as I love walking, and I'm very happy I finally got to read this one after having to turn it back into the library many times when someone else had it on reserve. I don't know if I loved the result: it is almost too big and sweeping, and some of the generalisations about walking as women and across cultures felt too drastic. There are several books in this volume, and chapters focusing intently on historical nature movements and walking as pilgrimage were strongest. However, Solnit's trademark blend of philosophy, memoir, and scholarship makes for wonderful, thought-provoking passages that blend past and present stories. I hope the future is more friendly to walkers, whose worlds are getting smaller.
heidihaverkamp's review against another edition
3.0
Great research, interesting history, compelling insights - still, I wasn't always sure I wanted to know quite as much about walking as she packs in here. It's long. And I find the quotes that run in a line along the bottom of all the pages rather irritating. Still, I love a lot of other stuff about Solnit's writing style and will keep reading her stuff.
cristiangarcia's review
3.0
No es un tema sencillo de abordar. Pero como un entusiasta de la caminata me genero curiosidad. Lo leí mientras caminaba. Vi la caminata desde otra perspectiva: para manifestarse, para conocer, para pasear, para reflexionar y para desplazarse.
El libro es interesante -insisto que no es un tema sencillo- pero a ratos me perdía, sólo para encontrar el camino de vuelta un par de hojas más adelante.
"If a city is a language spoken by walkers , then a postpedestrian city has not only fallen silent but risks becoming a dead language".
El libro es interesante -insisto que no es un tema sencillo- pero a ratos me perdía, sólo para encontrar el camino de vuelta un par de hojas más adelante.
"If a city is a language spoken by walkers , then a postpedestrian city has not only fallen silent but risks becoming a dead language".
carnationlilyrose's review
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.0
Wide ranging and fascinating. Not every argument lands perfectly, but her writing is great and the whole book sparked so many ideas and connections for me.