{"product_id":"is-a-river-alive","title":"Is a River Alive?","description":"From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river – the Mutehekau or Magpie – is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once Macfarlane’s most personal and most political book to date, Is a River Alive? will open hearts, spark debates and lead us to the revelation that our fate flows with that of rivers – and always has","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51446772629851,"sku":"9780241624814","price":38.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/is-a-river-alive","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}