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The Beginning Comes After the End

by Rebecca Solnit

Granta Books2026ISBN 9781803513317

3 of 4 critics positive

4 reviews: 3 positives, 1 mixed

What the critics said

Positive
“a manual for coping with change”

The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit review – a manual for coping with change

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Positive
“Renewal in a time of despair”

The Beginning Comes after the End by Rebecca Solnit: Renewal in a time of despair

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Positive
“makes the case for the power of activism in a world defined by authoritarianism and climate disaster”

Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope

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Mixed
“ardent yet repetitive essay collection”

The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit

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