{"product_id":"second-nature-paperback-1","title":"Second Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Rich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Nathaniel Rich, author of \u003ci\u003eLosing Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe live in a time when scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped humanity's clumsy signature. The old distinctions--between natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia, science fiction and science fact--have blurred, losing all meaning. We inhabit an uncanny landscape of our own creation. In \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, ordinary people make desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that seems increasingly alien. Their stories--obsessive, intimate, and deeply reported--point the way to a new kind of environmental literature, in which dramatic narrative helps us to understand our place in a reality that resembles nothing human beings have known. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eOdds Against Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eLosing Earth\u003c\/i\u003e to the film \u003ci\u003eDark Waters\u003c\/i\u003e (adapted from the first chapter of this book), Nathaniel Rich's stories have come to define the way we think of contemporary ecological narrative. Through the essays in \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, he asks what it means to live in an era of terrible responsibility. The question is no longer \u003ci\u003eHow do we return to the world that we've lost?\u003c\/i\u003e It is \u003ci\u003eWhat world do we want to create in its place?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Rich \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eLosing Earth: A Recent History\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and a winner of awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Institute of Physics. He is also the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eKing Zeno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOdds Against Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor's Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a writer-at-large at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Rich lives in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698932092991,"sku":"9781250829696","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/113834f1211cbc59e6093cb1251f33b0.webp?v=1765011831","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/second-nature-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}