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On Time and Water

Paperback • 2022 • English

On Time and Water

By Andri Snær Magnason

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About the book

A few years ago, Andri Snaer Magnason, one of Iceland's most beloved writers and public intellectuals, was asked by a leading climate scientist why he wasn't writing about the greatest crisis mankind has faced. Magnason demurred: he wasn't a specialist, he said; it wasn't his field. But the scientist persisted: "If you cannot understand our scientific findings and present them in an emotional, psychological, poetic or mythological context," he told him, "then no one will really understand the is...Show more

Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Climate change

Book details

ISBN

9781948830539

Publisher

Open Letter

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

On Time and Water

Format

Paperback

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