{"product_id":"playing-with-water-passion-and-solitude-on-a-philippine-island-twentieth-century-lives-9780941533829","title":"Playing with Water: Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island (Twentieth Century Lives)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaying with Water: Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island (Twentieth Century Lives)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hamilton-Paterson, James. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780941533829.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Hamilton-Paterson spends a third of each year on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island, spear-fishing for survival. Playing with Water tells us why he does. Beyond that, it gives an account of life in that class-bound country as a whole. For it is in places like this rather than Manila of the international news reports that the underlying political and cultural reality of the Philippines may be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New Amsterdam Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44804751622197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0941533824","price":29.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0941533824_6971afa2-812f-4408-bd6c-248a5bac02fe.jpg?v=1781365895","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/playing-with-water-passion-and-solitude-on-a-philippine-island-twentieth-century-lives-9780941533829","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}