{"product_id":"9781788649858","title":"Tsunami Days by John Barnie","description":"\"We need more writers with bite. We have lived in the flatlands too long,\" writes John Barnie in one of his `observations' (`Art in the Flatlands'). And bite he delivers.   Ranging across politics, history, culture, ecological disaster, the meaning of truth, poetry, what we mean by identity and more. Barnie shares a window onto the world that is both erudite and particular. Leaning towards pessimism in a darkening world, these observations are often provocative, not from any bullish desire to antagonise, but as the result of mining a rationalist line of thought with an honesty and consistency that is applied as much to the author as to his subjects. There is a clarity here that some may find uncomfortable, but the aim is always dialogue above agreement; intellectual engagement above cheap solutions and sentimentality.   Barnie asks us to think, consider and dig deeper, but most of all he asks that we \".live richly among our secondary self-created meanings, while recognising them for what they are. To face without flinching the nullity of the great void.\" (`Varieties of Meaning')Tsunami Days is a vital collection of essays for those prepared to engage with its unflinching observations.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312902910325,"sku":"9781788649858","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788649858.jpg?v=1762824362","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781788649858","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}