{"product_id":"show-me-the-place-hedley-twidle-9781776193202","title":"SHOW ME THE PLACE - Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eApocalyptic futures surround us. In films, books and in news feeds, we are subjected to a barrage of end-time possibilities. Award-winning writer Hedley Twidle, in quixotic mood, sets out to snatch utopia from the jaws of dystopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether embarking on a bizarre quest to find Cecil Rhodes's missing nose (sliced off the bust of the Rhodes Memorial) or cycling the Scottish islands with a couple of squabbling anarchists; whether learning to surf (much too late) in the wild, freezing waters off the Cape Peninsula or navigating the fraught polities of a Buddhist retreat centre, the author explores forgotten utopias, intentional communities and islands of imagination with curiosity, hope and humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from the science fiction of Ursula Le Guin to the 'living laboratory' of Auroville in south India, \u003cem\u003eShow Me the Place\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the deep human desire to imagine alternatives to what we take as normal or inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hedley Twidle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1776193202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776193202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Ball Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Hedley Twidle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331671187711,"sku":"9781776193202","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7be2029e-c18c-463a-9977-be5e4d05fd9a.jpg?v=1713970587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/show-me-the-place-hedley-twidle-9781776193202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}