{"product_id":"the-nature-book-9781566896634","title":"The Nature Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart sweeping evocation of Earth's rhythms, part literary archive, part post-human novel, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nature Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e collages descriptions of the natural world into a singular symphonic paean to the planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does our nature writing say about us, and more urgently, what would it say \u003cem\u003ewithout\u003c\/em\u003e us? Tom Comitta investigates these questions and more in \u003cem\u003eThe Nature Book\u003c\/em\u003e, a \"literary supercut\" that arranges writing about the natural world from three hundred works of fiction into a provocative re-envisioning of the novel. With fiction's traditional background of flora and fauna brought to the fore, people and their structures disappear, giving center stage to animals, landforms, and weather patterns--honored in their own right rather than for their ambient role in human drama. \u003cem\u003eThe Nature Book \u003c\/em\u003echallenges the confines of anthropocentrism with sublime artistic vision, traversing mountains, forests, oceans, and space to shift our attention toward the magnificently complex and interconnected world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566896634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Comitta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599683293365,"sku":"9781566896634","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_23b4de41-2901-4a42-9e1b-91d1b3411009.jpg?v=1673999930","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-nature-book-9781566896634","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}