2023-11-24 14:01:41
SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – While conflicts rage, the ecological catastrophe still leaves politicians indifferent. The Indian author who had planned everything is relaunching an appeal in favor of the planet. With a fable.
Par Sara Scarafia (The Republic)
When we contact Amitav Ghosh via Zoom, in Milan, the Seveso has just overflowed, Tuscany is on the verge of being submerged, and the war in the Middle East is taking an increasingly dramatic turn. The writer, who was born in India and lives in New York, is worried: “We are in the middle of World War III.” Author of the pamphlet The Great Upheaval: Other Stories in the Age of Climate Crisiswho addressed the issue of climate change in 2017, Amitav Ghosh is currently in Turin, where he held a workshop on the environment, and is preparing to leave for Switzerland, where he will receive an honorary diploma from the University of Lucerne.
After Jungle Namesthe book in verse illustrated by the artist Salman Toor, the Indian author publishes a new ecological fable: The Living Mountain is the story of a community living in harmony in a valley where a magical tree grows that produces honey, fruits and a miraculous nut. The valley…
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