Description: Plastic: An Autobiography Paperback – April 20, 2021 Product Details Publisher : Nightboat Books (April 20, 2021) Language : English Paperback : 352 pages ISBN-13 : 978-1643620381 Item Weight : 2.31 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches WINNER of the 2022 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction!WINNER of the 2022 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction!“Plastic is powerful and moving, a deep, personal exploration of the modern world.”—Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize recipient for The Making of the Atomic Bomb In Plastic: An Autobiography, Cobb’s obsession with a large plastic car part leads her to explore the violence of our consume-and-dispose culture, including her own life as a child of Los Alamos, where the first atomic bombs were made. The journey exposes the interconnections among plastic waste, climate change, nuclear technologies, and racism. Using a series of interwoven narratives―from ancient Phoenicia to Alabama―the book bears witness to our deepest entanglements and asks how humans continue on this planet. Read more
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Book Title: Plastic : an Autobiography
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Essays, Lgbt
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Author: Allison Cobb
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
