The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

Amitav Ghosh

336 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history nature politics informative reflective medium-paced

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In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment. A powerful work of h...

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informative 89%
reflective 65%
challenging 52%
inspiring 26%
sad 26%
hopeful 21%
emotional 13%
dark 10%
adventurous 7%
mysterious 5%
tense 5%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 31%
fast 7%

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