A review by carmenx9
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit

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.