{"product_id":"the-new-wilderness-9780062333148","title":"The New Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR, and \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year - Shortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"More than timely, the novel feels timeless, solid, like a forgotten classic recently resurfaced -- a brutal, beguiling fairy tale about humanity. But at its core, \u003cem\u003eThe New Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e is really about motherhood, and about the world we make (or unmake) for our children.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"5 of 5 stars. Gripping, fierce, terrifying examination of what people are capable of when they want to survive in both the best and worst ways. Loved this.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003eRoxane Gay via Twitter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Atwood meets Miranda July in this wildly imaginative debut novel of a mother's battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change; A prescient and suspenseful book from the author of the acclaimed story collection, \u003cem\u003eMan V. Nature\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBea, Agnes, and eighteen others volunteer to live in the Wilderness State, guinea pigs in an experiment to see if humans can exist in nature without destroying it. Living as nomadic hunter-gatherers, they slowly and painfully learn to survive in an unpredictable, dangerous land, bickering and battling for power and control as they betray and save one another. But as Agnes embraces the wild freedom of this new existence, Bea realizes that saving her daughter's life means losing her in a different way. The farther they get from civilization, the more their bond is tested in astonishing and heartbreaking ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a blazing lament of our contempt for nature and a deeply humane portrayal of motherhood and what it means to be human, \u003cem\u003eThe New Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary novel from a one-of-a-kind literary force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diane Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062333148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCook, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDiane Cook is the author of the novel, THE NEW WILDERNESS, which was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and the story collection, MAN V. NATURE, which was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award, the Believer Book Award, The Pen\/Hemingway Award, and the Los Angeles Times Award for First Fiction. Her writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications, and her stories have been included in the anthologies \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a former producer for the radio program This American Life, and was the recipient of a 2016 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, daughter and son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Diane Cook \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579933180061,"sku":"9780062333148","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_852da53c-0d02-432d-ad34-2f31a419907d.jpg?v=1768899392","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-new-wilderness-9780062333148","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}