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Apology to a Whale
Cecile Pineda
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Description for Apology to a Whale
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: CF; HD; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
Human beings are killing the planet and themselves in the process. Cecile Pineda asks a simple question: Why? An urgent reframing of current ecological thinking, Apology to a Whale addresses what the intersection of relative linguistics and archeology reveals about the present world's power relations, and what the extraordinary communication of plants and animals can teach us. This masterpiece of creative nonfiction is a wild ride on the frontiers of archeo-linguistics in search of the greatest killer on Earth—us.
Human beings are killing the planet and themselves in the process. Cecile Pineda asks a simple question: Why? An urgent reframing of current ecological thinking, Apology to a Whale addresses what the intersection of relative linguistics and archeology reveals about the present world's power relations, and what the extraordinary communication of plants and animals can teach us. This masterpiece of creative nonfiction is a wild ride on the frontiers of archeo-linguistics in search of the greatest killer on Earth—us.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wings Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
San Antonio, TX, United States
ISBN
9781609404406
SKU
V9781609404406
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-36
About Cecile Pineda
Cecile Pineda is the author of several novels, including Devil's Tango, Face, Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood, Frieze, and Love Queen of the Amazon. She is the recipient of the Californian Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal, the Sue Kaufman Prize, and a National Book Award nomination. She lives in Berkeley, California, USA.
Reviews for Apology to a Whale
“Cecile Pineda has the nerve to ask the one simple question that eludes our public posturing and computations. It is the one question that could save us: What has happened to our mind that we are killing our world? What is it, at the root of our culture that sets us against the rest of creation? The genius of this ... Read more