{"product_id":"shadows-move-among-them-edgar-mittelholzer-9781845230913","title":"Shadows Move Among Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e Portraying the dark, authoritarian side of the utopian dream, this classic novel tells the story of the Reverend Harmston, a man devoted to building a microsociety in which there is a balance between the order that is necessary to produce livelihood and the freedom to fully explore sexuality. Setting up a commune in the remote Guyanese forest with the creed, \"Hard work, frank love, and wholesome play,\" the reverend attempts to construct an ideal society that opens up cross-cultural dialogue between the spirit of European enlightenment and the culture of the native Amerindians. Underneath its generally comic tone, however, there are notes of a darker spirit at play--such as Harmston's unquestioned authority and the brutal punishments he hands out--that eerily foreshadow the actual 1978 Jonestown Massacre, a violent event that occurred 27 years after the novel's initial publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Mittelholzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845230914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845230913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peepal Tree Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d","brand":"Edgar Mittelholzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46602756063487,"sku":"9781845230913","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a253b2c8-f2ea-47e6-a5bf-4fde881386d1.jpg?v=1739695188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-move-among-them-edgar-mittelholzer-9781845230913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}