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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Moods

informative 90%
reflective 65%
challenging 47%
inspiring 23%
sad 21%
hopeful 18%
dark 12%
emotional 12%
adventurous 5%
tense 5%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 54%
slow 34%
fast 11%

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