{"product_id":"the-word-for-woman-is-wilderness-paperback","title":"The Word for Woman Is Wilderness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbi Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a new kind of nature writing -- one that crosses fiction with science writing and puts gender politics at the center of the landscape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin, a 19-year-old girl from middle England, is traveling to Alaska on a journey that takes her through Iceland, Greenland, and across Canada. She is making a documentary about how men are allowed to express this kind of individualism and personal freedom more than women are, based on masculinist ideas of survivalism and the shunning of society: the \"Mountain Man.\" She plans to culminate her journey with an experiment: living in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau, to explore it from a feminist perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a fictional time capsule curated by Erin, comprising of personal narrative, fact, anecdote, images and maps, on subjects as diverse as The Golden Records, Voyager 1, the moon landings, the appropriation of Native land and culture, Rachel Carson, The Order of The Dolphin, The Doomsday Clock, Ted Kaczynski, Valentina Tereshkova, Jack London, Thoreau, Darwin, Nuclear war, The Letters of Last Resort and the pill, amongst many other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Word for Woman Is Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e is bold and inventive, both adventure story and statement, that introduces a fierce new talent in Abi Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbi Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from the Midlands, England. She studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths college in London, and her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eFive Dials\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaught by the River, The Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Mountain Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTender\u003c\/i\u003e and other journals, along with a pamphlet published with Goldsmiths Shorts. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Word for Woman Is Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e was originally published by Serpent's Tail in February 2018 and Hoffmann und Campe in October 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816851660997,"sku":"9781937512798","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/MQAYYyKIwM9781937512798.webp?v=1771035511","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-word-for-woman-is-wilderness-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}