{"product_id":"earthquakes-and-gardens-by-virginia-burrus-9780226823225","title":"Earthquakes and Gardens","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays about ruination, resilience, reading, and religion generated by a reflection on a fourth-century hagiography.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Jerome’s \u003cem\u003eLife of Saint Hilarion\u003c\/em\u003e, a fourth-century saint briefly encounters the ruins of an earthquake-toppled city and a haunted garden in Cyprus. From these two fragmentary passages, Virginia Burrus delivers a series of sweeping meditations on our experience of place and the more-than-human worlds—the earth and its gods—that surround us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving between the personal and geological, \u003cem\u003eEarthquakes and Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e ruminates on destruction and resilience, ruination and resurgence, grief and consolation in times of disaster and loss. Ultimately, Burrus’s close readings reimagine religion as a practice that unsettles certainty and develops mutual flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430650822892,"sku":"9780226823225","price":188.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226823225.jpg?v=1774558898","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/earthquakes-and-gardens-by-virginia-burrus-9780226823225","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}