{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-mr-marigold-paperback","title":"The Adventures of Mr Marigold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Charles Tobias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Charles Tobias - in this colossal comic novel of 625,000 words - has given us a masterpiece of insight about our lives and troubled times. Through his idealistic hero Murillo Marigold and his earthy sidekick Sannazaro, Tobias meditates on everything that matters: poetry, art, philosophy, alternative technologies, environmentalism, human wrongs, animal rights, sustainable living, and utopias future and past. And what style  Passage after passage of inspired prose, from a mind on fire that sees every moment and encounter as hilarious, holy, and unique. The heart of the book is the author's deeply personal sublime vision: the sacredness of all living beings, the reverence for life, the passionate commitment to social and environmental change. This enormous, challenging beatific vision that reminds us who we are - and points the way to what the new world could one day be - makes Mr Marigold a modern classic, at once entertaining, nourishing, revolutionary, and profoundly wise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Charles Tobias is the author of nearly 50 books, many hundreds of essays, and the writer, director, and\/or producer of some 170 films. He is probably best known for his novel, The Adventures of Mr Marigold. Tobias lives with his life-long partner and wife, the prolific ecologist, explorer, author, filmmaker, photographer, musician and philanthropist, Jane Gray Morrison, whose own books and films include such works as God's Country: The New Zealand Factor, \"A Day in the Life of Ireland,\" \"Antarctica: The Last Continent,\" the ten-hour dramatic miniseries, \"Voice of the Planet,\" Donkey: The Mystique of Equus Asinus, the PBS feature film trilogy, \"Mad Cowboy,\" \"No Vacancy,\" and \"Hotspots,\" the coffee table work, Sanctuary: Global Oases of Innocence, Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems From the Heart \u0026amp; Mind, and - as Goodwill Ambassador to Ecuador's Yasuní National Park - the film \"Yasuní - A Meditation on Life\" that premiered at the United Nations Rio+20 Summit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 828\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129694195847,"sku":"9780927379205","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2528c584bbfe9892c116a8ba876760b4.webp?v=1732605024","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-mr-marigold-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}