Its ok? Last 30% was really a slog to go through. Personally I think these novels are just a bit too long and repetitive. But of course last 20 pages grip you and you pick up the next one..
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rra rated Green Mars: 3 stars
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of …
rra rated När vi var samer: 5 stars
När vi var samer by Mats Jonsson
När Mats farfar dör öppnar familjen för första gången den förslutna och förbjudna svepask som alltid funnits i farfaderns hem. …
rra finished reading Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic …
rra finished reading När vi var samer by Mats Jonsson
När Mats farfar dör öppnar familjen för första gången den förslutna och förbjudna svepask som …
Ambitious graphic novel on the complex history of Sapmi/Swedish relations. Really enjoyable and informative. Happy to see that my Swedish is now good enough to follow.
rra started reading När vi var samer by Mats Jonsson
När Mats farfar dör öppnar familjen för första gången den förslutna och förbjudna svepask som …
As my Swedish improves, I finally get around to actually read this graphic novel
rra reviewed The Nutmeg's Curse by Amitav Ghosh
The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation – of both human …
Do read it.
5 stars
An incredibly rich work on colonialism and climate change. Using the story of the nutmeg and the colonization of Indonesia's Banda islands, the author zooms in and out of specific places and historical moments to describe how colonialism, racism, and climate change are intimately entwined. In this work, spices, oceans, volcanos, animals, and plants are not passive subjects of colonialism, instead they take an active role and compel people and other animals to act in specific ways. With this emphasis on the more-than-human, the author demonstrates how far-flung places and different historical epochs that might seem far apart are connected more thoroughly than we think. Ultimately, the book makes a case for telling new stories about climate change, away from the view of CC as a technical / economic challenge. The book has a fantastic list of references and a very rich bibliography for those that want to dig further. …
An incredibly rich work on colonialism and climate change. Using the story of the nutmeg and the colonization of Indonesia's Banda islands, the author zooms in and out of specific places and historical moments to describe how colonialism, racism, and climate change are intimately entwined. In this work, spices, oceans, volcanos, animals, and plants are not passive subjects of colonialism, instead they take an active role and compel people and other animals to act in specific ways. With this emphasis on the more-than-human, the author demonstrates how far-flung places and different historical epochs that might seem far apart are connected more thoroughly than we think. Ultimately, the book makes a case for telling new stories about climate change, away from the view of CC as a technical / economic challenge. The book has a fantastic list of references and a very rich bibliography for those that want to dig further.
Will have to read it again.