The World Without Us - Brossura

Weisman, Alan

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ISBN 10: 1554682266 ISBN 13: 9781554682263

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2008

Riassunto

National bestseller, and Finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle

A penetrating, page-turning, groundbreaking tour of Earth without people

Most books about the environment build on dire threats warning of the possible extinction of humanity. Alan Weisman avoids frightening off readers by disarmingly wiping out our species in the first few pages of this remarkable book. He then continues with an astounding depiction of how Earth will fare once we’re no longer around.

The World Without Us is a one-of-a-kind book that sweeps through time from the moment of humanity’s future extinction to millions of years into the future. Drawing on interviews with experts and on real examples of places in the world that have already been abandoned by humans—Chernobyl, the Korean DMZ and an ancient Polish forest—Weisman shows both the shocking impact we’ve had on our planet and how impermanent our footprint actually is.

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Recensione:

“The book boasts an amazingly imaginative conceit that manages to tap into underlying fears and subtly inspire us to consider our interaction with the planet.” (Washington Post)

“An excellent springboard for an often fascinating look at our planet’s biology and ecology.” (Toronto Star)

“[No] end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it story . . . is more audacious or interesting than Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us.” (Boston Globe)

“A refreshing, and oddly hopeful, look at the fate of the environment.” (BusinessWeek)

“Alan Weisman has produced, if not a bible, at least a Book of Revelation.” (Newsweek)

“Grandly entertaining.” (Time)

“Brilliantly creative. An audacious intellectual adventure. His thought experiment is so intellectually fascinating, so oddly playful, that it escapes categorizing and clichés.” (Salon.com)

“The World Without Us gradually reveals itself to be one of the most satisfying environmental books of recent memory, one devoid of self-righteousness, alarmism or tiresome doomsaying ” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

“An astonishing mass of reportage that envisions a world suddenly bereft of humans.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

“One of the most ambitious ‘thought experiments’ ever.” (Cincinnati Enquirer)

L'autore:

ALAN WEISMAN, author of An Echo in My Blood and Gaviotas, has written for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and many others. He has been a contributing editor to The Los Angeles Times Magazine. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Colombia, he has received many awards, including a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Feature Story and a Robert F. Kennedy citation for reporting on the disadvantaged. He teaches international journalism at the University of Arizona.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1554682266
• ISBN 13: 9781554682263
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432