{"product_id":"dreams-of-leaving-and-remaining-isbn-9781788735230","title":"Dreams of Leaving and Remaining","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit, by Orwell Prize winning journalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince Britain’s 2016 referendum on EU membership, the nation has been profoundly split: one side fantasizing that the referendum will never be acted upon, the other entrenched in questionable assumptions about reclaimed sovereignty and independence. Underlying the cleavage are primal myths, deeper histories, and political folk-legends. James Meek, “the George Orwell of our times,” goes in search of the stories and consequences arising out of a nation’s alienation from itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDreams of Leaving and Remaining\u003c\/i\u003e, Meek meets farmers and fishermen intent on exiting the EU despite the loss of protections they will incur. He reports on a Cadbury’s factory shut down and moved to Poland in the name of free market economics, exploring the impact on the local community left behind. He charts how the NHS is coping with the twin burdens of austerity and an aging population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreams of Leaving and Remaining\u003c\/i\u003e is urgent reporting from one of Britain’s finest journalists. James Meek asks what we can recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. There are no easy answers, and what he creates instead is a masterly portrait of an anxious, troubled nation.\u003c\/p\u003e“Meek listens hard … His reportage … demonstrate[s] a sensibility and empathy that are his wont.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Provocative and persuasive.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A beautiful collection by a renowned essayist.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Stephen Bush, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Meek is brilliant at focusing on a particular case to tell a bigger story.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLabour Briefing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Meek] explores the slow-moving processes behind the sudden shock of the Brexit vote by getting out and about in Britain, to look beyond London at the competing ideals that led to this culture clash – cosmopolitanism and urbane liberalism against a more traditional yearning for British sovereignty, its mythology and nostalgia.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dan Hancox, \u003ci\u003eNational\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clear-headed … Meek has a canny ability to provide plausiable explanations for the motivations of many Leave voters.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePeace News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Meek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Contributing Editor of the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe People’s Act of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Ondaatje Prize; \u003ci\u003eWe Are Now Beginning Our Descent\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 Le Prince Maurice Prize; and \u003ci\u003eThe Heart Broke In\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Prize. His previous non-fiction work, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Island\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2016 Orwell Prize. In 2004 he was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the British Press Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303923765477,"sku":"NP9781788735230","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788735230.jpg?v=1767725704","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dreams-of-leaving-and-remaining-isbn-9781788735230","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}