{"product_id":"9781837265046-aqua","title":"Aqua","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Story of Water and Lost Dreams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously written hybrid of memoir, travel and cultural history that explores how water altered LA and the history of film \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2025 - \u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Outrageously good  . An unforgettable book' - OLIVIA LAING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reverie and road-trip, \u003ci\u003eAqua\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds in turning the Cadillac Desert and Land of Little Rain into something lush and unexpected . Chiara Barzini ducts and dives through a wonderful and revelatory journey' - GEOFF DYER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1913, William Mulholland finished building the Los Angeles Aqueduct - a 233-mile engineering masterwork transporting water from the Owens Valley, across the desert, to a barren corner of California that would become the home of filmmaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Over one hundred years later, award-winning Italian author and filmmaker Chiara Barzini traces the geography of the aqueduct, from its source, across the desert, to the city that it helped into existence, all while reckoning with her personal history with the landscape. From the 'fake' waters of the Universal Studios \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e attraction to Salton Sea - California's largest lake and 'the only man-made mistake visible from space' - \u003ci\u003eAqua\u003c\/i\u003e explores how water, and its absence, shaped both a modern landscape and the history of film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A blend of travel writing, philosophy, cultural history and memoir, \u003ci\u003eAqua\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely entertaining and wide-ranging exploration of water, film, dreams versus reality and an empire on the brink of catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55351113974134,"sku":"9781837265046","price":13.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339623.jpg?v=1761294589","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837265046-aqua","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}