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A review by alreadyemily
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry
3.0
I don't know how to review this book. I basically vascillated between feeling deep in my soul that I was reading Pure Truth, and being completely disengaged and skimming.
I don't think I've ever highlighted so much in s book that wasn't read for part of my schooling. And yet, the book spends so much time on picking apart specific people's positions, articles, speeches, etc. I think I should have found that dull even if I wasn't reading the book 43 years later. I would have hoped that in later editions (I read #3) or a spin-off title that greater care could have been taken to make the content more timeless because I do think there was a lot of unexpected and important ground covered in this book.
I don't think I've ever highlighted so much in s book that wasn't read for part of my schooling. And yet, the book spends so much time on picking apart specific people's positions, articles, speeches, etc. I think I should have found that dull even if I wasn't reading the book 43 years later. I would have hoped that in later editions (I read #3) or a spin-off title that greater care could have been taken to make the content more timeless because I do think there was a lot of unexpected and important ground covered in this book.