Summertime : reflections on a vanishing future / Danielle Celermajer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Celermajer, Danielle, author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--Environmental aspects--Australia.

Forest fires.

Fire ecology--Australia.

Fire ecology.

Natural disasters--Environmental aspects--Australia.

Natural disasters.

Forest fires--Environmental aspects.

Natural disasters--Environmental aspects.

Australia.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[North Sydney, New South Wales] : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Pooks, 2021.

Summary:

"Philosopher Danielle Celermajer's story of Jimmy the pig caught the world's attention during the Black Summer of 2019-20. Gathered here is that story and others written in the shadow of the bushfires that ravaged Australia. In the midst of the death and grief of animals, humans, trees and ecologies Celermajer asks us to look around - really look around - to become present to all beings who are living and dying through the loss of our shared home." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Grief

Before. Presence; Futures; Cycles; Attention; Portents

During. Australia; Death; Dusk; Senses

After. Injury; Ghosts; Numbers; The face; Gathering; Finitude; After all

World. Caring; Changing; Killing; Living; Remembering.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781760899035

1760899038

OCLC:

1237535187