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Smoke Hole : Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

Martin Shaw
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing UK
Published: October 24, 2024
ISBN: 9781915294630
160 pages, Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£11.99

Today, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives – identity, technology, love, seduction, politics – celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole – three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today, a world assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high. Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self.

He invites us to use these stories to help find ‘a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.’ Smoke Hole is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news, parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more.

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