Fathoms the world in the whale5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth,” she wrote, “find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Her other books, such as “Under the Sea-Wind” and “The Sea Around Us,” are an abiding invitation to wonder. She argued not only for the practical benefits of preserving the planet, but for the importance of land, sky and water to the human spirit as well. A delving, haunted, and poetic debut (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship with other species. In a season already shadowed by a pandemic, along with racial and political strife, are many readers ready for another book with such an alarming message?īut Carson, though rightly recognized for laying bare the unintended consequences of manmade poisons, was something more than a hair-shirted prophet of environmental ruin. Carson (1907-64) is best known for “Silent Spring,” her seminal and sobering 1962 account of how pesticides were damaging the environment. “Fathoms,” Australian writer Rebecca Giggs’s survey of the embattled ecology of whales, has prompted comparisons to the work of Rachel Carson, praise that’s not without its complications. Humpback whale swimming off the island of Tonga. ![]()
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