Fbio Zuker

Broschiertes Buch

The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon

Dispatches from the Brazilian Rainforest

Übersetzer: Fitz, Ezra

Beschreibung

These essays share intimate stories of life and Indigenous resistance in the Amazon rainforest during an age of raging wildfires, mass migration, populist politics, and increasing deforestation.

Autor

Fábio Zuker is the author of The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon. A writer and journalist, he holds a master¿s degree from the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris and is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo. He has also been three times a Pulitzer Center grantee. As a journalist he is a frequent contributor to Thomson Reuters Foundation and InfoAmazonia who has written for National Geographic, Revista Piauí, Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil, Agência Pública, and Nexo Jornal, among others. He is also the author of On an Escape Route: Essays on Writing, Fear, and Violence (Hedra Editions, only available in Portuguese). In recent years he has focused his research on stories of the Amazon rainforest, looking to write ¿nearby¿ the people whose land is being destroyed and their approaches to resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Milkweed Editions
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 137mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781571311818
• ISBN-10: 1571311815
• Artikelnr.: 60946262