{"product_id":"book-of-water-andreas-philippopoulos-mihalopoulos-9781912475193","title":"Book of Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos's\u003ci\u003e Book of Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of short stories about desire, fear, life, care, and ecological anxiety, all narrated through the physical and metaphysical presence of water. This water is not the open, bucolic water of the romantic imagination. It is the claustrophobic water of the deep seabed, the flooded cities, the womb. It is a water that brings oblivion, serenity, and salvation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first impression, the stories are narrated by a multiplicity of voices preoccupied with everyday psychological situations. At some point, however, the quotidian withdraws and gives way to surreal and disorienting moments of ethical, political, psychoanalytical, ecological, and personal challenges. The book is a literary response to the current geological epoch of the Anthropocene, where the effect of the human presence on the planet and its various elements seems by now irreversible. The bodies in this collection are not limited to the human--nonhuman and inhuman alike centre in the stories. The protagonist, however, remains the body of water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912475197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912475193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 5.75w x 0.39d","brand":"Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087703097599,"sku":"9781912475193","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1eee79c-bc85-40c4-8a75-be8fcd4af0a0.jpg?v=1753850548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/book-of-water-andreas-philippopoulos-mihalopoulos-9781912475193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}