{"product_id":"9780691247953","title":"Now Comes Good Sailing","description":"Author: Andrew Blauner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691247953\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 Jun 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures essays by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJennifer Finney Boylan  Kristen Case\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorge Howe Colt\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Gerald Early\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Elie\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWill Eno\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Celeste Headlee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Pico Iyer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Alan Lightman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e James Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Megan Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Michelle Nijhuis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Zoe Pollak  Jordan Salama  Tatiana Schlossberg  A. O. Scott  Mona Simpson  Stacey Vanek Smith\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Wen Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Robert Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Amor Towles\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Sherry Turkle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Geoff Wisner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e Rafia Zakaria\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e and a cartoon by Sandra Boynton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (18171862), the author of \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp;#x27;Civil Disobedience,\u0026amp;#x27; and other classics. A prophet of environmentalism and vegetarianism, an abolitionist, and a critic of materialism and technology, Thoreau even seems to have anticipated a world of social distancing in his famous experiment at Walden Pond. In \u003ci\u003eNow Comes Good Sailing\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty-seven of today's leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired them - and why he matters more than ever in an age of climate, racial, and technological reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, Lauren Groff retreats from the COVID-19 pandemic to a rural house and writing hut, where, unable to write, she rereads \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e; Pico Iyer describes how Thoreau provided him with an unlikely guidebook to Japan; Gerald Early examines \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e and the Black quest for nature; Rafia Zakaria reflects on solitude, from Thoreau's Concord to her native Pakistan; Mona Simpson follows in Thoreau's footsteps at Maine's Mount Katahdin; Jennifer Finney Boylan reads Thoreau in relation to her experience of coming out as a trans woman; Adam Gopnik traces Thoreau's influence on the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e editor E. B. White and his book \u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/i\u003e; and there's much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a lively and compelling collection that richly demonstrates the countless ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803882541214,"sku":"ADS-9780691247953","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691247953.jpg?v=1778206736","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691247953","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}