Tales of two planets: stories of climate change and inequality in a divided world
"Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five...
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2020
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is experienced, first in New York and then throughout the United States. In the course of this work, one major theme has come up repeatedly: how climate change is making already dire inequalities much worse, devastating further the already devastated. The effects of global warming are especially disruptive in less well-off nations, sending refugees to the US and elsewhere in the wealthier world, where they often encounter the problems that perennially face outsiders: lack of access to education, health care, decent housing, employment, and even basic nutrition. But the problems of climate change are not restricted to those from the less developed world. American citizens are suffering too, as the stories of distress resulting from recent hurricanes testify: People who can't sell their home because the building is on a flood plain, people who get displaced and cannot find work, and more. And this doesn't even take on board the situation in much of the Caribbean, or south of the Rio Grande in Mexico and Central America. Galvanized by his conversations with writers and activists around the world, Freeman has engaged with some of today's most eloquent writers, many of whom hail from the places under the most acute stress. The response has been extraordinary: a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems, and reportage. Margaret Atwood conjures with a dystopian future in three remarkable poems. Lauren Groff takes us to Florida; Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anim to Bangladesh. Valeria Luiselli probes the refugee crisis at the US-Mexico border, while Tash Aw takes us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta to Nigeria, and Arundhati Roy to India. As the anthology unfolds, clichés fall away and we are brought closer to the real, human truth of what is happening to our world, and the dystopia to which we are heading. These are news stories with the emphasis on story, about events that should be found in the headlines but often are not, about the most important crisis of our times. LITERATURE'S BIGGEST STARS: TALES OF TWO PLANETS features work from some of the most important writers working today including Arundhati Roy, Edwidge Danticat, Margaret Atwood, and Lauren Groff. |
| Beschreibung: | "Published by arrangement with OR Books LLC, New York, 2020." -- title page verso |
| Beschreibung: | xxv, 290 Seiten Illustrationen 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780143133926 |
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| 520 | 3 | |a The response has been extraordinary: a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems, and reportage. Margaret Atwood conjures with a dystopian future in three remarkable poems. Lauren Groff takes us to Florida; Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anim to Bangladesh. Valeria Luiselli probes the refugee crisis at the US-Mexico border, while Tash Aw takes us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta to Nigeria, and Arundhati Roy to India. As the anthology unfolds, clichés fall away and we are brought closer to the real, human truth of what is happening to our world, and the dystopia to which we are heading. These are news stories with the emphasis on story, about events that should be found in the headlines but often are not, about the most important crisis of our times. LITERATURE'S BIGGEST STARS: TALES OF TWO PLANETS features work from some of the most important writers working today including Arundhati Roy, Edwidge Danticat, Margaret Atwood, and Lauren Groff. | |
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| spelling | Tales of two planets stories of climate change and inequality in a divided world edited by John Freeman [New York, New York] Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2020 xxv, 290 Seiten Illustrationen 21 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Published by arrangement with OR Books LLC, New York, 2020." -- title page verso N64 35.378, W16 44.691 Andri Snær Magnason Drowning in reverse Anuradha Roy Tracking the rain Margaret Atwood Riachuelo Mariana Enriquez Dusk Lauren Groff From Teotwawki Lars Skinnebach Survival Sayaka Murata The astronomical cost of clean air in Bangkok Pitchaya Sudbanthad A downward slope Juan Miguel Álvarez The floods Mohammed Hanif Born stranger Burhan Sönmez In this phase in the 58th American presidentiad (United States) Lawrence Joseph The storytellers of the Earth Sulaiman Addonia The house of Osiris Yasmine El Rashidi A calypso Khaled Mattawa Cavern Chinelo Okparanta The unfortunate place Daisy Johnson The funniest shit you ever heard Lina Mounzer -- Machandiz Edwidge Danticat Recording is his priority: on the photographs of Lu Guang Ian Teh El lago Eduardo Halfon The song of the fireflies Gaël Faye The rains Ligaya Mishan The well Eka Kurniawan A blue Mormon finds himself among common emigrants Tishani Doshi Falling river, concrete city Billy Kahora Spring in Wadi Delab, the valley of the (absent) plane tree Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson That house Tayi Tibble Hawaiki Tayi Tibble Bruno Aminatta Forna Sick world Diego Enrique Osorno The psychopaths Joy Williams Coral watch Ishion Hutchinson On the organic diversity of literature: notes from my little astrophysical observatory Sjón The imperiled Krys Lee "Building from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. In the past five years, John Freeman, previously editor of Granta, has launched a celebrated international literary magazine, Freeman's, and compiled two acclaimed anthologies that deal with income inequality as it is experienced, first in New York and then throughout the United States. In the course of this work, one major theme has come up repeatedly: how climate change is making already dire inequalities much worse, devastating further the already devastated. The effects of global warming are especially disruptive in less well-off nations, sending refugees to the US and elsewhere in the wealthier world, where they often encounter the problems that perennially face outsiders: lack of access to education, health care, decent housing, employment, and even basic nutrition. But the problems of climate change are not restricted to those from the less developed world. American citizens are suffering too, as the stories of distress resulting from recent hurricanes testify: People who can't sell their home because the building is on a flood plain, people who get displaced and cannot find work, and more. And this doesn't even take on board the situation in much of the Caribbean, or south of the Rio Grande in Mexico and Central America. Galvanized by his conversations with writers and activists around the world, Freeman has engaged with some of today's most eloquent writers, many of whom hail from the places under the most acute stress. The response has been extraordinary: a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems, and reportage. Margaret Atwood conjures with a dystopian future in three remarkable poems. Lauren Groff takes us to Florida; Edwidge Danticat to Haiti; Tahmima Anim to Bangladesh. Valeria Luiselli probes the refugee crisis at the US-Mexico border, while Tash Aw takes us to Indonesia, Chinelo Okparanta to Nigeria, and Arundhati Roy to India. As the anthology unfolds, clichés fall away and we are brought closer to the real, human truth of what is happening to our world, and the dystopia to which we are heading. These are news stories with the emphasis on story, about events that should be found in the headlines but often are not, about the most important crisis of our times. LITERATURE'S BIGGEST STARS: TALES OF TWO PLANETS features work from some of the most important writers working today including Arundhati Roy, Edwidge Danticat, Margaret Atwood, and Lauren Groff. Klimaänderung (DE-588)4164199-1 gnd rswk-swf Dystopie Literatur (DE-588)4202262-9 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Global environmental change / Literary collections Global environmental change Literary collections Short stories (DE-588)4002214-6 Anthologie gnd-content Klimaänderung (DE-588)4164199-1 s Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Dystopie Literatur (DE-588)4202262-9 s DE-604 Freeman, John 1974- (DE-588)140366903 edt Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-525-50571-6 |
| spellingShingle | Tales of two planets stories of climate change and inequality in a divided world N64 35.378, W16 44.691 Drowning in reverse Tracking the rain Riachuelo Dusk From Teotwawki Survival The astronomical cost of clean air in Bangkok A downward slope The floods Born stranger In this phase in the 58th American presidentiad (United States) The storytellers of the Earth The house of Osiris A calypso Cavern The unfortunate place The funniest shit you ever heard Lina Mounzer -- Machandiz Recording is his priority: on the photographs of Lu Guang El lago The song of the fireflies The rains The well A blue Mormon finds himself among common emigrants Falling river, concrete city Spring in Wadi Delab, the valley of the (absent) plane tree That house Hawaiki Bruno Sick world The psychopaths Coral watch On the organic diversity of literature: notes from my little astrophysical observatory The imperiled Klimaänderung (DE-588)4164199-1 gnd Dystopie Literatur (DE-588)4202262-9 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
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| title_alt | N64 35.378, W16 44.691 Drowning in reverse Tracking the rain Riachuelo Dusk From Teotwawki Survival The astronomical cost of clean air in Bangkok A downward slope The floods Born stranger In this phase in the 58th American presidentiad (United States) The storytellers of the Earth The house of Osiris A calypso Cavern The unfortunate place The funniest shit you ever heard Lina Mounzer -- Machandiz Recording is his priority: on the photographs of Lu Guang El lago The song of the fireflies The rains The well A blue Mormon finds himself among common emigrants Falling river, concrete city Spring in Wadi Delab, the valley of the (absent) plane tree That house Hawaiki Bruno Sick world The psychopaths Coral watch On the organic diversity of literature: notes from my little astrophysical observatory The imperiled |
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