num_pages: 194
description: In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland’s history, literature and landscape.
language: English
title: A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland
titlecomplete: A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland
genres: Ireland, Essays, Biography, Travel, Walking, Nonfiction, Irish Literature, History, Geography, Memoir
ratings_count: 424
publisher: Verso