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The New Wilderness . Diane Cook .
The suspenseful and critically acclaimed debut novel by Diane Cooke explores a mother-daughter relationship in a world ravaged by climate change .
Bea is desperately trying to keep her sick five-year-old daughter Agnes alive in an overdeveloped and overpopulated city consumed by smog . Her only option is to escape the polluted metropolis and journey to the Wilderness State , the last remaining protected and pristine piece of land , where until now , people have been forbidden .
As an experiment to establish whether humans can live in nature without destroying it , Bea , together with her daughter and eighteen other volunteers become the first to live in the Wilderness State . The group must learn to hunt , live and survive in nature and Bea must learn that this new life will test her relationship with Agnes in tragic and surprising ways .
El Nuevo Desierto . Diane Cook .
La novela de debut de Diane Cooke , llena de suspense y aclamada por la crítica , explora una relación madre-hija en un mundo asolado por el cambio climático .
Bea intenta desesperadamente mantener con vida a su hija enferma de cinco años , Agnes , en una ciudad super desarrollada y superpoblada , consumida por el smog . Su única opción es escapar de la metrópolis contaminada y viajar al Estado Salvaje , el último pedazo de tierra
protegida y prístina que queda , donde hasta ahora se ha prohibido la presencia de personas .
Como experimento para establecer si los humanos pueden vivir en la naturaleza sin destruirla , Bea , junto con su hija y otros dieciocho voluntarios , se convierten en los primeros en vivir en el Estado Salvaje . El grupo debe aprender a cazar , vivir y sobrevivir en la naturaleza y Bea debe aprender que esta nueva vida pondrá a prueba su relación con Agnes de forma trágica y sorprendente .
Down to Earth . Bruno Latour .
After reading it , I ’ ve been curious about how many other environmentalists have read this book . If you haven ’ t , it ’ s unforgivable . The recently passed Bruno Latour , about whom you can read a report in this issue of OTWO , lays out in this book all of his convictions regarding the escalating issue of planet habitability . He clearly points out the three factors that are causing a dangerous and irreversible situation : deregulation , increasing inequalities and the denial of climate change . And he argues that we must change the concept of “ defense of nature ” - which only provokes indifference - for that of “ defense of the territory ”. This radical , but much-needed publication deploys a didactic and combative index as a form of summary , titling each of the chapters with long sentences . Here are a couple of examples : “ The world ’ s ruling classes have decided to gradually get rid of all the burdens of solidarity ” or “ Back to the description of terrains of life : the possible model of the notebooks of complaints ”. You are already taking too long to read it .
Dónde aterrizar . Bruno Latour .
Desde que lo leí no paro de preguntarme cuánta gente relacio-
18 OTWO 40 / NOVEMBER 2022