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Thoreau and Me
Cédric Taling
- SelfMadeHero
- by Translated by Edward Gauvin
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Publisher | SelfMadeHero |
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ISBN | 9781910593837 |
Author(s) | Translated by Edward Gauvin |
Publication date | February 2020 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 240 x 170 mm |
Illustrations | throughout col.ill. |
Pages | 128 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
Some heavy reading on the ecological and climate emergency leads Cédric, a forty-something painter living in Paris, to question his life choices. In a state of vulnerability, racked with eco-anxiety, he is contacted by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau: writer, environmentalist and the author of Walden.
Two centuries separate Cédric from the author who, depressed by the narrow materialism of industrialised America, retreated to a single-room cabin in the woods by Walden Pond. But as their Socratic dialogue continues, Cédric notices striking parallels between the suffocating commercialism of mid-19th-century America and the unsustainable, alienating, tech-driven consumerism of today. Both societies are shaped by a single priority — economic growth — that not only squanders the earth’s resources but separates human beings from nature. Inspired by Thoreau’s return to nature, Cédric begins dreaming of his own retreat from urban life: his own self-sufficient cabin in the woods.
In Thoreau and Me, Cédric Taling explores the causes and consequences of today’s climate emergency. Blending humour, philosophy and fiction, Taling asks how, at a time of unprecedented ecological and climate breakdown, we can learn to live with and respond to eco-anxiety.