{"product_id":"smoke-holebooks","title":"Smoke Hole","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A modern-day bard.\"—Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.\"—John Densmore, The Doors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.\"—David Keenan, author of \u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.\"—Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives – identity, technology, love, seduction, politics – celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e – three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe invites us to use these stories to help find ‘a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.’ \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more.","brand":"Shaw, Martin","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47506226053344,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8e838a5c-6ca7-4d4a-9b92-ba1ae2801deb.jpg?v=1750084176","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/smoke-holebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}