Walking on Lava: Selected Works for Uncivilised Times Contributor(s): The Dark Mountain Project (Author) |
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ISBN: 1603587411 ISBN-13: 9781603587419 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Literary Collections - Nature | Ecology |
Dewey: 808.800 |
LCCN: 2017011225 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" L (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/26/2017 Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2017 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009 by two English writers--Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth--who felt that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our time. In a world in which the climate is being altered by human activities; in which global ecosystems are being destroyed by the advance of industrial civilisation; and in which the dominant economic and cultural assumptions of the West are visibly crumbling, Dark Mountain asked: where are the writers and the artists? Why are the mainstream cultural forms of our society still behaving as if this were the twentieth century--or even the nineteenth? Dark Mountain's call for writers, thinkers and artists willing to face the depth of the mess we are in has made it a gathering point for a growing international network. Rooted in place, time and nature, their work finds a home in the pages of the Dark Mountain books, with two new volumes published every year. Walking on Lava brings together the best of the first ten volumes, along with the original manifesto. This collection of essays, fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork introduces The Dark Mountain Project's groundbreaking work to a wider audience in search of 'the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the unknown world ahead of us.' |
Contributor Bio(s): The Dark Mountain Project: - The Dark Mountain Project is run by a collective of writers who were drawn together by a shared sense that the stories our culture tells itself are broken. Walking on Lava has been edited by four members of that collective: Charlotte Du Cann, Dougald Hine, Nick Hunt and Paul Kingsnorth. |
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