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A review by alicechris
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
4.25
Bought this after going to the live podcast recording of the No Books on a Dead Planet on this book. I'm really glad I got introduced to it and it's given me a lot of food for thought (particularly the final few sections). If you're already fairly immersed in climate stuff and literature and want an in depth analysis of the two (apart and together) - I can't imagine much better than this is out there.
However, I wish a book so determined to get its message out there was written in a more accessible style - I find it very frustrating when academic books are written in a style that makes them harder to understand and so I'd be hesitant to recommend this to friends. I accept this is partly because of the literary criticism in this (in which I have no background).
However, I wish a book so determined to get its message out there was written in a more accessible style - I find it very frustrating when academic books are written in a style that makes them harder to understand and so I'd be hesitant to recommend this to friends. I accept this is partly because of the literary criticism in this (in which I have no background).