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2116906Second Naturehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/e830c355-579c-3e33-be25-7672f1b90c51/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1943098/4dbc8d24-bccc-4447-9c05-96d1b4c5bb9b.jpg?v=638345012628200000376522MXNMacmillan AudioInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>From the author of <em>Losing Earth</em>, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.</strong></p><p>We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped humanitys clumsy signature. The old distinctionsbetween natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia, science fiction and science facthave blurred, losing all meaning. We inhabit an uncanny landscape of our own creation.</p><p>In <em>Second Nature</em>, ordinary people make desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that seems increasingly alien. Their storiesobsessive, intimate, and deeply reportedpoint the way to a new kind of environmental literature, in which dramatic narrative helps us to understand our place in a reality that resembles nothing human beings have known.</p><p>From <em>Odds Against Tomorrow</em> to <em>Losing Earth</em> to the film <em>Dark Waters</em> (adapted from the first chapter of this book), Nathaniel Richs stories have come to define the way we think of contemporary ecological narrative. In <em>Second Nature</em>, he asks what it means to live in an era of terrible responsibility. The question is no longer, <em>How do we return to the world that weve lost?</em> It is, <em>What world do we want to create in its place?</em></p><p><strong>A Macmillan Audio production from MCD</strong></p>...2091554Second Nature376522https://www.gandhi.com.mx/e830c355-579c-3e33-be25-7672f1b90c51/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1943098/4dbc8d24-bccc-4447-9c05-96d1b4c5bb9b.jpg?v=638345012628200000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20219781250792334_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_<p><strong>From the author of <em>Losing Earth</em>, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.</strong></p><p>We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped humanity's clumsy signature. The old distinctions—between natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia, science fiction and science fact—have blurred, losing all meaning. We inhabit an uncanny landscape of our own creation.</p><p>In <em>Second Nature</em>, ordinary people make desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that seems increasingly alien. Their stories—obsessive, intimate, and deeply reported—point the way to a new kind of environmental literature, in which dramatic narrative helps us to understand our place in a reality that resembles nothing human beings have known.</p><p>From <em>Odds Against Tomorrow</em> to <em>Losing Earth</em> to the film <em>Dark Waters</em> (adapted from the first chapter of this book), Nathaniel Rich’s stories have come to define the way we think of contemporary ecological narrative. In <em>Second Nature</em>, he asks what it means to live in an era of terrible responsibility. The question is no longer, <em>How do we return to the world that we’ve lost?</em> It is, <em>What world do we want to create in its place?</em></p><p><strong>A Macmillan Audio production from MCD</strong></p>(*_*)9781250792334_<p><strong>From the author of <em>Losing Earth</em>, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.</strong></p><p>We live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of air on Earth has escaped humanitys clumsy signature. The old distinctionsbetween natural and artificial, dystopia and utopia, science fiction and science facthave blurred, losing all meaning. We inhabit an uncanny landscape of our own creation.</p><p>In <em>Second Nature</em>, ordinary people make desperate efforts to preserve their humanity in a world that seems increasingly alien. Their storiesobsessive, intimate, and deeply reportedpoint the way to a new kind of environmental literature, in which dramatic narrative helps us to understand our place in a reality that resembles nothing human beings have known.</p><p>From <em>Odds Against Tomorrow</em> to <em>Losing Earth</em> to the film <em>Dark Waters</em> (adapted from the first chapter of this book), Nathaniel Richs stories have come to define the way we think of contemporary ecological narrative. In <em>Second Nature</em>, he asks what it means to live in an era of terrible responsibility. 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