{"product_id":"9781640090286","title":"The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Berry's sentences and stories deliver a great payload of edifying entertainment, which I hungrily consume, but it is the bass note of morality thumping through his musical phrases that guides me with the most constant of hands upon my plow.\" \u003cbr\u003e―Nick Offerman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePaddle Your Own Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Read [Berry] with pencil in hand, make notes, and hope that somehow our country and the world will soon come to see the truth that is told here.\" \u003cbr\u003e―\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He is unlike anybody else writing today.\" \u003cbr\u003e―\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writings gathered in \u003ci\u003eThe World-Ending Fire\u003c\/i\u003e are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules and horses, and of the rich, intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work. These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress and in defense of local landscapes, essays that celebrate our cultural heritage, our history, and our home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith grace and conviction, Wendell Berry shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy—the natural world will not survive it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet he also shares with us a vision of consolation and of hope. We may be locked in an uneven struggle, but we can and must begin to treat our land, our neighbors, and ourselves with respect and care. As Berry urges, we must abandon arrogance and stand in awe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054958985456,"sku":"9781640090286","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781640090286_p0.jpg?v=1763684852","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781640090286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}