Reviews | Best books of 2021

Under the white sky: The essence of the future

By Elizabeth Kolbert, Crown

NO ADDICTION | While Kolbert won the Pulitzer Prize”Friday Extinction“Detailing the human tendency to destroy the environment, “Under the White Sky” examines arduous efforts to prevent such damage, even if those technological “solutions” are at risk. make the problem worse. Kolbert’s professional mix of travel journal, scientific reporting and interpretive journalism, all with the authority of a writer confident enough to admit ambiguity. Revealing the Anthropocene at its most absurd, the book is at times inspiring, at times bleak, and utterly worthy of our attention.

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