The Year of No Summer
The Year of No Summer by Rachel Lebowitz
English | May 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1771962194 | EPUB | 180 pages | 0.6 MB
English | May 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1771962194 | EPUB | 180 pages | 0.6 MB
On April 10th, 1815, Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted. The resulting build-up of ash in the stratosphere altered weather patterns and led, in 1816, to a year without summer. Instead, there were June snowstorms, food shortages, epidemics, inventions, and the proliferation of new cults and religious revivals.
Hauntingly meaningful in today’s climate crisis, Lebowitz’s lyric essay charts the events and effects of that apocalyptic year. Weaving together history, mythology, and memoir, The Year of No Summer ruminates on weather, war, and our search for God and meaning in times of disaster.