The Year of No Summer

Rachel Lebowitz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2018
Biblioasis (Verlag)
978-1-77196-219-3 (ISBN)

Infos

From Indonesia's Mount Tambora to the frozen Thames, these contemplative vignettes reflect on humanity's drive for survival and power.

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On April 10th, 1815, Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted. Th e resulting build-up of ash in the stratosphere altered weather pat-terns and led, in 1816, to a year without summer. Instead, there were June snowstorms, food shortages, epidemics, inventions, and the proliferation of new cults and religious revivals.

Hauntingly meaningful in today's climate crisis, Lebowitz's lyric essay charts the events and eff ects of that apocalyptic year. Weaving together history, mythology, and memoir, The Year of No Summer ruminates on weather, war, and our search for God and meaning in times of disaster.

Autor

Rachel Lebowitz(Biblioasis, 2008, illustrated by Eric Orchard). She lives in Halifax, where she coordinates adult tutoring programs at her neighbourhood library.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2018
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations
• Verlagsort: Emeryville
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 133 x 209 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-77196-219-4 / 1771962194
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77196-219-3 / 9781771962193
• Zustand: Neuware