{"product_id":"show-me-the-place-essays-paperback","title":"SHOW ME THE PLACE - Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHedley Twidle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47370204053682,"sku":"9781776193202","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d3ba0500df3cbbe8026c13bbee0e87be.webp?v=1777610084","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/show-me-the-place-essays-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}