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The living mountain : a fable for our times / Amitav Ghosh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi : Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers, 2022Description: 35 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789354898877
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 823.914 GHO 022045
LOC classification:
  • MLCS 2023/50120 (P)
Also available as an e-book.Summary: " ... a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse. Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result." --Publisher.
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" ... a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse. Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result." --Publisher.

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