{"product_id":"the-liquid-continent-by-nicholas-woodsworth-9781909961067","title":"The Liquid Continent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis omnibus edition brings together Nicholas Woodsworth’s critically acclaimed Mediterranean trilogy into a single volume for the first time, allowing readers to fully appreciate the scope of Woodsworth’s search for a distinctively Mediterranean “cosmopolitanism.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining travel narrative, history, and reflection on contemporary lives and cultures, Woodsworth finds an intimacy, a garrulous warmth, and an extraordinary sociability as he travels from Alexandria through Venice and finally installs himself in a former Benedictine monastery in Istanbul overlooking the Golden Horn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to this experience, he argues that the sea should not be seen as an empty space surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa, but rather as a single entity, a place from whose coastlines people look inwards over the water to each other—for it has its own cities, its own life, its own way of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liquid Continent\u003c\/i\u003e offers a profound exploration of this vibrant region, encouraging readers to rethink their perceptions of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072376586476,"sku":"9781909961067","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/364953482868.jpg?v=1765099760","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-liquid-continent-by-nicholas-woodsworth-9781909961067","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}