{"product_id":"thoreau-and-me-9781910593837","title":"Thoreau and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome heavy reading on the ecological and climate emergency leads Cédric, a forty-something painter living in Paris, to question his life choices. In a state of vulnerability, racked with eco-anxiety, he is contacted by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau: writer, environmentalist and the author of Walden.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo centuries separate Cédric from the author who, depressed by the narrow materialism of industrialised America, retreated to a single-room cabin in the woods by Walden Pond. But as their Socratic dialogue continues, Cédric notices striking parallels between the suffocating commercialism of mid-19th-century America and the unsustainable, alienating, tech-driven consumerism of today. Both societies are shaped by a single priority — economic growth — that not only squanders the earth’s resources but separates human beings from nature. Inspired by Thoreau’s return to nature, Cédric begins dreaming of his own retreat from urban life: his own self-sufficient cabin in the woods. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThoreau and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, Cédric Taling explores the causes and consequences of today’s climate emergency. Blending humour, philosophy and fiction, Taling asks how, at a time of unprecedented ecological and climate breakdown, we can learn to live with and respond to eco-anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SelfMadeHero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414411321687,"sku":"9781910593837","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781910593837.jpg?v=1730523507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thoreau-and-me-9781910593837","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}