The Absent Hand: Reimagining Our American Landscape

The Absent Hand: Reimagining Our American Landscape

"Of beach plums, ramps, and Ramada Inns: a quietly sensitive eminently sensible consideration of the landscapes of our lives . . . A gift. â€•Kirkus Reviews

Following her bestselling The Architect of Desire, Suzannah Lessard returns with a remarkable book, a work of relentless curiosity and a graceful mixture of observation and philosophy. This intriguing hybrid will remind some of W. G. Sebaldâ€™s work and others of Rebecca Solnitâ€™s, but it is Lessardâ€™s singular talent to combine this profound book-length mosaicâ€•a blend of historical travelogue, reportorial probing, philosophical meditation, and prose poemâ€•into a work of unique genius, as she describes and reimagines our landscapes. In this exploration of our surroundings, The Absent Hand contends that to reimagine landscape is a form of cultural reinvention.

This engrossing work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundingsâ€•cities, countryside, and sprawlâ€•exploring change in the meaning of place and reimagining the world in a time of transition. Whether it be climate change altering the meaning of nature, or digital communications altering the nature of work, the effects of global enclosure on the meaning of place are panoramic, infiltrative, inescapable. No one will finish this book, this journey, without having their ideas of living and settling in their surroundings profoundly enriched.
Country USA
Brand Counterpoint
Manufacturer Counterpoint
Binding Hardcover
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2019-03-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781640092211

Country	USA
Brand	Counterpoint
Manufacturer	Counterpoint
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate	2019-03-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781640092211

The Absent Hand: Reimagining Our American Landscape

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