{"product_id":"haunted-by-erewhon","title":"Haunted by Erewhon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuel Butler, born in England, lived in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanterbury, New Zealand, from 1860 to 1864. He\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebecame a notable explorer and successful sheep farmer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein a part of the Southern Alps now renowned for its\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003euse in the Lord of the Rings. His satiric fiction Erewhon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand his autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclassics of literature in English, included in many lists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof great books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuel Butler — radical thinker, explorer, satirist,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewrote Erewhon, the first great New Zealand book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on research and on Butler’s own words,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoger Robinson reconstructs the missing story of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eButler’s time in New Zealand; the formative years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat shaped his mind, his art, and his vision of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emodern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this bold ‘co-authored autobiography’, Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003espeaks again in his own vivid, witty and subversive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003evoice. We see him as settler and sheep-farmer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emountaineer and journalist, philosopher and lover,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewrestling with Darwin’s ideas, with faith and doubt,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand with the haunting beauty of South Canterbury.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaunted by Erewhon restores Butler to his rightful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplace as a New Zealand writer of global importance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is an inventive, passionate work of scholarship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand imagination — the untold story of how a young\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemigrant in the 1860s created one of the world’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emost visionary books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bateman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50111347556575,"sku":"9781067091026","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781067091026.jpg?v=1781309366","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/haunted-by-erewhon","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}