I don't know if this is readable but it is called Love in the Time of Global Climate Change by Josef Pánek. He's a Czech author, and I wanted to know a bit more. I looked up the name of the book, and I stumbled upon this website. On it there are some pictures from what appears to be a stage production of Pánek's work. There is also a short promo video (or something–it's all in Czech) made entirely with male dolls? I don't know what's happening, but it's coming straight from "one of the most distinctive voices of contemporary Czech literature," as Publishers Marketplace states. Oh, and I have no idea how this relates to the environment; I got too caught up in the absurdity of it all.
A couple images from Love in the Time of Global Climate Change: the play?
Naked men and face masks? I could not tell you what is happening.
In actual environmental news, there were some pretty cool deals about things happening on our Earth. For example, the issue of intensified anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is exacerbated in a positive feedback loop where rising temperatures are melting permafrost in the tundra biomes, which then releases more GHGs trapped underneath the once impenetrable layer of ice. Katy Walter Anthony, an "expert on permafrost thaw and methane emissions" is writing a non-fiction book called The Big Thaw. A book listed on Goodreads shares the same name, but that one is about two bodies found frozen in a 2001 chilly murder mystery.
And then I stumbled across a post for a children's picture book all about....leaves. I thought it was funny how it was being marketed: "featuring illustrations with real leaves, exploring the many creative and imaginative ways to look at leaves." REAL leaves, guys! Just think of all the creative ways you could look at them.
And finally, the best title I've seen in a while, If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal by Justin Gregg explores "what animal intelligence reveals about human stupidity." All I have to say is... I'm sold.
No comments:
Post a Comment