Mahaparbat: ek kahani hamare daur ki = महापर्वत: एक कहानी हमारे दौर की
- Gurugram: Harper Hindi, 2022.
- 35p.: ill.; hbk.: 19 cm.
A new story from internationally renowned author Amitav Ghosh, Mahaparbat is a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse.
Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result.
Mahaparbat is especially relevant today when we have been battling a pandemic and are facing a climate catastrophe: both of which are products of our insufficient understanding of mankind’s relationship with nature, and our sustained appropriation and abuse of natural resources. This is a book of our times, for our times, and it will resonate strongly with readers of all ages.
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Indigenous Valley Dwellers Mountains Nature Anthropocene – Fiction Humans and Environment Disaster fiction