A Paradise Built in Hell

‘An eye-opening account of how much hope and solidarity emerges in the face of sudden disaster … [These lessons] offer deep comfort now, as antidotes not just to feelings of helplessness but loneliness’ - David Wallace-Wells’[An] expansive argument about human resilience … Though Solnit mobilizes decades of sociological research to support her argument, the chapters themselves move effortlessly through subtle philosophical readings and vivid narrations’ - The New Yorker ‘Thought-provoking … captivating and compelling … there’s a hopeful, optimistic, even contagious quality to this superb book’ - Los Angeles Times ‘Far-reaching and large-spirited’ - San Francisco Chronicle

Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell’s Roses, Recollections of My Non-Existence, The Faraway Nearby, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, River of Shadows and A Paradise Built in Hell. She is also the author of many essays on feminism, activism, social change, hope, and the climate crisis. She lives in San Francisco and writes regularly for the Guardian. She lives in San Francisco.