Malibu: Hiking Along the Meaning of Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780595331567)

Malibu is a hiking book about the natural beauty and ecology of Southern California. It combines philosophy with a love of nature and California's unspoiled coastal beauty. It is also a tragedy, as that landscape is torn up and paved over for "progress", and Malibu is reduced to just another celebrity suburb of L.A.

Malibu is a mixture of a West-coast "Walden" and a modern day "In Praise of Folly." It is an epithany and a lament, lyrical and ludicrous. It extols the virtues of a surfer's life and decries the "illth" of modern materialism. It is a polemic on the core values of modern life and challenges the premises of our everyday lives. Malibu invites you to read this book and take a hike.

Author: Michael Banks
ISBN-10: 0595331564
ISBN-13: 9780595331567
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2004
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d