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

10 hours, 12 minutes first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history nature politics informative reflective medium-paced

Description

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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Moods

informative 89%
reflective 66%
challenging 50%
sad 26%
inspiring 21%
hopeful 17%
emotional 14%
dark 10%
tense 7%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 55%
slow 32%
fast 12%

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4.19

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