{"product_id":"haunted-by-erewhon-by-roger-robinson-9781067091026","title":"Haunted by Erewhon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Butler, born in England, lived in Canterbury, New Zealand, from 1860 to 1864. He became a notable explorer and successful sheep farmer in a part of the Southern Alps now renowned for its use in the \u003cem\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e. His satiric fiction \u003cem\u003eErewhon\u003c\/em\u003e and his autobiographical novel \u003cem\u003eThe Way of All Flesh\u003c\/em\u003e are classics of literature in English, included in many lists of great books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Butler — radical thinker, explorer, satirist — wrote \u003cem\u003eErewhon\u003c\/em\u003e, the first great New Zealand book. Drawing on research and on Butler’s own words, Roger Robinson reconstructs the missing story of Butler’s time in New Zealand; the formative years that shaped his mind, his art, and his vision of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this bold ‘co-authored autobiography’, Butler speaks again in his own vivid, witty and subversive voice. We see him as settler and sheep-farmer, mountaineer and journalist, philosopher and lover, wrestling with Darwin’s ideas, with faith and doubt, and with the haunting beauty of South Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaunted by Erewhon\u003c\/em\u003e restores Butler to his rightful place as a New Zealand writer of global importance. It is an inventive, passionate work of scholarship and imagination — the untold story of how a young emigrant in the 1860s created one of the world’s most visionary books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47650110374124,"sku":"9781067091026","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781067091026-haunted-by-erewhon.jpg?v=1779313960","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/haunted-by-erewhon-by-roger-robinson-9781067091026","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}