A Paradise Built in Hell

The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

De: Rebecca Solnit

Narrado por: Emily Beresford

The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become - one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.

©2009 Rebecca Solnit (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." (Bill McKibben)

Really informative and uplifting

This book was so worth my time. I loved the positivity. How humans respond to each other during disaster is a very interesting topic.

For school

It was a book I needed to “read” for a college course and it was amazing! Really enjoyed the book and following along with audible really helped out! Recommend!

Narration Ruined Audiobook

Buy the hard copy. I am returning the book and doing so because the singsong voice of the reader grates.

A must read

Everyone needs to listen to this book! It is truly an eye opener. Two words.

The higher light.

Although a talented reader, the tone of the narrator's voice doesn't reach the higher light in this wonderful book.

Narrator is a problem

The narrator took little to no time to get pronunciation right. The very bad Spanish and French accents are annoying.

The basic thesis of the author merits careful consideration.

Not a great performance

This is a very interesting and worthwhile book. I will try to make the time to finish it on paper. The narrator keeps doing extremely cringe “accents” whenever she’s quoting a non-white American. In Power from Below it became unbearable and I had to shut it off.

Necessary reading for now.

The first chapter is the gem. The takeaways about the role of beliefs, community and action are not only important but necessary in the Covid-19 reality.

Enjoyed the book despite the narration

Really interesting book, with a lot of interesting insights, well researched; however, the narration was really hard to listen too. The use of accents, which were not well done, was inconsistent and and honestly sometimes offensive. Also some strange pronunciations, like “New OR-lay-ahns,” which I’ve never heard from anyone before. It was so distracting that had to stop listening and just read the rest of the book my library. Perhaps this narrator would be better for fiction.

Material is excellent! Narration is painfully bad

The narrator does accents for all of the people quoted. French ,Brittish,Mexicans and Chinese immigrants all get this treatment. It is tremendously annoying. The book is excellent and worth reading.