{"product_id":"the-year-of-no-summer-9781771962193","title":"The Year of No Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rachel Lebowitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lebowitz highlights the parables, fables and myths we humans created in order to weave meaning into our lives and to which we return for comfort.\" \u003ci\u003e--Atlantic Books Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 10th, 1815, Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted. The resulting build-up of ash in the stratosphere altered weather patterns and led, in 1816, to a year without summer. Instead, there were June snowstorms, food shortages, epidemics, inventions, and the proliferation of new cults and religious revivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHauntingly meaningful in today's climate crisis, Lebowitz's lyric essay charts the events and effects of that apocalyptic year. Weaving together history, mythology, and memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Year of No Summer \u003c\/em\u003eruminates on weather, war, and our search for God and meaning in times of disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46318638039191,"sku":"9781771962193","price":1456.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781771962193.webp?v=1767712582","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-year-of-no-summer-9781771962193","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}