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2640747Now Comes Good Sailinghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/now-comes-good-sailing-9780691230955/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3334365/af947f7e-ad5a-4a86-8887-eeb6b86022ae.jpg?v=638385224606170000280389MXNPrinceton University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>From twenty-seven of todays leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of <em>Walden</em></strong></p><p><strong>Features essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan Kristen Case George Howe Colt Gerald Early Paul Elie Will Eno Adam Gopnik Lauren Groff Celeste Headlee Pico Iyer Alan Lightman James Marcus Megan Marshall Michelle Nijhuis Zo Pollak Jordan Salama Tatiana Schlossberg A. O. Scott Mona Simpson Stacey Vanek Smith Wen Stephenson Robert Sullivan Amor Towles Sherry Turkle Geoff Wisner Rafia Zakaria and a cartoon by Sandra Boynton</strong></p><p>The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (18171862), the author of <em>Walden</em>, Civil Disobedience, 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 <em>Now Comes Good Sailing</em>, twenty-seven of todays leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired themand why he matters more than ever in an age of climate, racial, and technological reckoning.</p><p>Here, Lauren Groff retreats from the COVID-19 pandemic to a rural house and writing hut, where, unable to write, she rereads <em>Walden</em>; Pico Iyer describes how Thoreau provided him with an unlikely guidebook to Japan; Gerald Early examines <em>Walden</em> and the Black quest for nature; Rafia Zakaria reflects on solitude, from Thoreaus Concord to her native Pakistan; Mona Simpson follows in Thoreaus footsteps at Maines Mount Katahdin; Jennifer Finney Boylan reads Thoreau in relation to her experience of coming out as a trans woman; Adam Gopnik traces Thoreaus influence on the <em>New Yorker</em> editor E. B. White and his book <em>Charlottes Web</em>; and theres much more.</p><p>The result is a lively and compelling collection that richly demonstrates the countless ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today.</p>...2576836Now Comes Good Sailing280389https://www.gandhi.com.mx/now-comes-good-sailing-9780691230955/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3334365/af947f7e-ad5a-4a86-8887-eeb6b86022ae.jpg?v=638385224606170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20219780691230955_W3siaWQiOiIwNjFiYTkzYy01NzdlLTQwODUtYWQzOC0xYTFjOTVkMWQ3ZmEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM3OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwNiwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNzMsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780691230955_<p><strong>From twenty-seven of todays leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of <em>Walden</em></strong></p><p><strong>Features essays by Jennifer Finney Boylan Kristen Case George Howe Colt Gerald Early Paul Elie Will Eno Adam Gopnik Lauren Groff Celeste Headlee Pico Iyer Alan Lightman James Marcus Megan Marshall Michelle Nijhuis Zo Pollak Jordan Salama Tatiana Schlossberg A. O. Scott Mona Simpson Stacey Vanek Smith Wen Stephenson Robert Sullivan Amor Towles Sherry Turkle Geoff Wisner Rafia Zakaria and a cartoon by Sandra Boynton</strong></p><p>The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (18171862), the author of <em>Walden</em>, Civil Disobedience, 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 <em>Now Comes Good Sailing</em>, twenty-seven of todays leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired themand why he matters more than ever in an age of climate, racial, and technological reckoning.</p><p>Here, Lauren Groff retreats from the COVID-19 pandemic to a rural house and writing hut, where, unable to write, she rereads <em>Walden</em>; Pico Iyer describes how Thoreau provided him with an unlikely guidebook to Japan; Gerald Early examines <em>Walden</em> and the Black quest for nature; Rafia Zakaria reflects on solitude, from Thoreaus Concord to her native Pakistan; Mona Simpson follows in Thoreaus footsteps at Maines Mount Katahdin; Jennifer Finney Boylan reads Thoreau in relation to her experience of coming out as a trans woman; Adam Gopnik traces Thoreaus influence on the <em>New Yorker</em> editor E. B. White and his book <em>Charlottes Web</em>; and theres much more.</p><p>The result is a lively and compelling collection that richly demonstrates the countless ways Thoreau continues to move, challenge, and provoke readers today.</p>...9780691230955_Princeton University Presslibro_electonico_124e5366-fa19-342b-a575-c53e98b9fd3a_9780691230955;9780691230955_9780691230955InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/princetonup-epub-2980689d-a915-45f7-8f0e-354b3c68c061.epub2021-10-19T00:00:00+00:00Princeton University Press