A Paradise Built in Hell

Resumen del libro

How do we respond to disaster? What expressions of care and solidarity might we find among the debris? A Paradise Built in Hell is a study of five major disasters - the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Halifax explosion of 1917, the Mexico City earthquake of 1985, the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina - and the expressions of altruism, generosity and resourcefulness that emerged in the wake of these tragedies. The result is a sweeping history of some of the foundational events in the modern history of North America, and a meditation on community: challenging us to look afresh at society, and what these models of local, collaborative politics might look like carried through into everyday life.

Biografía del autor

Escritora, historiadora y activista, Rebecca Solnit es la autora de quince libros sobre medioambiente, paisajes y panoramas, la comunidad, el arte, la política, la esperanza y la memoria y que incluyen Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities; The Faraway Nearby; Un paraíso construido en el infierno; A Field Guide to Getting Lost; Wanderlust: Una historia del caminar y River of Shadows: Eadwear Muybridge and the Technological Wild West (por el que ha recibido una beca Guggenheim, el Premio del Círculo de Nacional de Críticos Literarios en su apartado de crítica y el Premio Litera