David Wallace-Wells is a columnist and deputy editor at New York magazine. He has been a national fellow at the New America Foundation and was previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review. He lives in New York City.
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE
"Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer
something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . .
. He avoids the 'eerily banal language of climatology' in favor of
lush, rolling prose." --Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
"The book has potential to be this generation's Silent Spring."
--The Washington Post "The Uninhabitable Earth, which has
become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day:
fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book."--Alan
Weisman, The New York Review of Books Most of us know the gist, if
not the details, of the climate change crisis. And yet it is almost
impossible to sustain strong feelings about it. David Wallace-Wells
has now provided the details, and with writing that is not only
clear and forceful, but often imaginative and even funny, he has
found a way to make the information deeply felt. --Jonathan Safran
Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated "A brilliant new
book. . . . a remorseless, near-unbearable account of what we are
doing to our planet.--John Lanchester, The New York Times
Book Review David Wallace-Wells argues that the impacts of climate
change will be much graver than most people realize, and he's
right. The Uninhabitable Earth is a timely and provocative work.
--Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction
An excellent book. . . . Not since Bill McKibben's The End of
Nature thirty years ago have we been told what climate change will
mean in such vivid terms. --Fred Pearce, The Washington Post
One of the very few books about our climate change emergency that
doesn't sugarcoat the horror. --William T. Vollmann, author of
No Immediate Danger
"Clearly and engagingly written, widely informed, with references
supplied in extensive and detailed endnotes, this overview of the
present status of the climate emergency and our response to it is
completely captivating: it is our own story, happening here and
now."--Lydia Davis, Times Literary Supplement "Powerfully
argued. . . . A masterly analysis of why--with a world of
solutions--we choose doom." --Nature This gripping, terrifying,
furiously readable book is possibly the most wide-ranging account
yet written of the ways in which climate change will transform
every aspect of our lives, ranging from where we live to what we
eat and the stories we tell. Essential reading for our
ever-more-unfamiliar and unpredictable world. --Amitav
Ghosh, author of Flood of Fire "Urgent and humane. . . .
Wallace-Wells is an extremely adept storyteller. . . . A horrifying
assessment of what we might expect as a result of climate change if
we don't change course." --Susan Matthews, Slate "If we don't
want our grandchildren to curse us, we had better read this book."
--Timothy Snyder, author of Black Earth "Lively. . . .
Vivid. . . . If you've snoozed through or turned away from the
climate change news, this book will waken and update you. If you're
steeped in the unfolding climate drama, Wallace-Wells's voice and
perspective will be stimulating." --David George Haskell, The
Guardian "Wallace-Wells has a gorgeous command of the English
language, and knows how to lay down prose that moves the reader at
such a clip that one feels like a Kentucky Derby-exhausted mare at
the end of each chapter. . . . Wallace-Wells sets himself and his
analysis of climate change apart from the predominant voices of
leadership in the field." --Laurie Garrett, The Lancet
"Beautifully written. . . . As climate change encroaches, things
will get worse. Much worse. And David Wallace-Wells spares no
detail in explaining how." --Kate Aronoff, Bookforum
Relentless, angry journalism of the highest order. Read it and, for
the lack of any more useful response, weep. --Bryan Appleyard,
The Sunday Times A brilliant and unsparing analysis of a
nightmare that is no longer a distant future but our chaotic,
burning present. Unlike other writers who speak about human agency
in the abstract, Wallace-Wells zeros in on the power structures and
capitalist elites whose mindless greed is writing an obituary for
our grandchildren. --Mike Davis, author of Ecology of
Fear
A lucid and thorough description of our unprecedented crisis, and
of the mechanisms of denial with which we seek to avoid its fullest
recognition." --William Gibson, author of Neuromancer
David Wallace-Wells has produced a willfully terrifying
polemic that reads like a cross between Stephen King and Stephen
Hawking. Written with verve and insight and an eerie gusto for its
own horrors, it comes just when we need it; it could not be more
urgent than it is at this moment. I hope everyone will read it and
be afraid. --Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday
Demon
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