Scan barcode
A review by christinavdvelde
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews
3.0
This book definitely left me wanting.
It was far more a study of female writers who walked, and a literary analysis of their work in connection to their walking than it was 'a history of women walking'.
Each chapter looks at a new female writer, but in reading through the book it felt more like watching a series of 'movie trailers' chapter by chapter, getting a taste of each writer, but this just left me frustrated I couldn't just 'watch a movie', and really dive into one of the authors and their work.
It makes sense looking at the author who herself is a professor of English literature who loves walking that this book comes from her. There were some sections I enjoyed (reading the sections of work by the writers I connected to most), but overall the exteremly granular study of the punctuation and precise choice of words of all of the female writer/walkers isn't my cup of tea.
It was far more a study of female writers who walked, and a literary analysis of their work in connection to their walking than it was 'a history of women walking'.
Each chapter looks at a new female writer, but in reading through the book it felt more like watching a series of 'movie trailers' chapter by chapter, getting a taste of each writer, but this just left me frustrated I couldn't just 'watch a movie', and really dive into one of the authors and their work.
It makes sense looking at the author who herself is a professor of English literature who loves walking that this book comes from her. There were some sections I enjoyed (reading the sections of work by the writers I connected to most), but overall the exteremly granular study of the punctuation and precise choice of words of all of the female writer/walkers isn't my cup of tea.