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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
2 reviews
hannahpings's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
required reading.
remarkably researched, presented, and synthesized. ghosh is a deft writer and storyteller, and with the nutmeg's curse presents (this is not hyperbole!) the most well-crafted work i've ever read. there was a moment about two-thirds of the way through the book that absolutely took my breath away: a clear conclusion that i couldn't have seen coming, but up to which every word i'd read so far––even seeming asides and discursions––had been leading. there's also a deep care here, an unflinching earnestness and kinship without which this book couldn't exist, and it's all the better for it.
remarkably researched, presented, and synthesized. ghosh is a deft writer and storyteller, and with the nutmeg's curse presents (this is not hyperbole!) the most well-crafted work i've ever read. there was a moment about two-thirds of the way through the book that absolutely took my breath away: a clear conclusion that i couldn't have seen coming, but up to which every word i'd read so far––even seeming asides and discursions––had been leading. there's also a deep care here, an unflinching earnestness and kinship without which this book couldn't exist, and it's all the better for it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Racism, Genocide, Classism, Death, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War
Moderate: Slavery, Police brutality, and Trafficking
Minor: Suicide
beholderess's review
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Trafficking
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