Wanderlust: A History of WalkingExplore historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers in this profound and diverting modern classic. What does it mean to be out walking in the world, whether in a landscape or a metropolis, on a pilgrimage or a protest march? In this first general history of walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together numerous stories to create a new way of looking at one of humanity's most fundamental and expressive acts. Arguing that walking as history

Written in a ‘state of attachment’

Engaging and thought-provoking

and metaphysics

Public parks have long provided major cultural attractions

This NYRC edition is a paperback and features the first-ever English release of Tsuge's work

and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground

but it is precisely this that draws pedestrians' attention to shop displays and makes public space so appealing

from unbridled passion to rawest grief

together make up a searing appraisal of the war on Palestine during what seems a turning point in the narrative of human history

In this first general history of walking

derided for ignoring warnings and speaking out against injustice

The End of the Nineteen-Nineties places the decade within the context of our pre-colonial and post-colonial history