{"product_id":"the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-notes-on-a-world-of-change-9798888904510","title":"The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIn this sequel to her enduring bestseller \u003cem\u003eHope in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The changes amount to nothing less than dismantling an old civilization and building a new one, whose newness is often the return of the old ways and wisdoms. In this rising worldview, interconnection is a core idea and value. But because the transformation is obscured within a longer arc of history, its scale is seldom recognized.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While the white nationalist and authoritarian backlash drives individualism and isolation, this new world embraces antiracism, feminism, a more expansive understanding of gender, environmental thinking, scientific breakthroughs, and Indigenous and non-Western ideas, pointing toward a more interconnected, relational world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Solnit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888904510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003cem\u003eOrwell's Roses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Hope in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Men Explain Things to Me\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/em\u003e. A longtime climate and human rights activist, she serves on the boards of Oil Change International and Third Act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rebecca Solnit \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47712180699293,"sku":"9798888904510","price":29.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c7edf9c8-c963-4356-8175-0c050abfd3fe.jpg?v=1773171963","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-notes-on-a-world-of-change-9798888904510","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}