📗 Libro en inglés THE MUSHROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD

A poetic and remarkably fertile exploration of the relationship between human beings and the natural environment Pankaj Mishra The Guardian I m very grateful to have this book Ursula K Le GuinThe acclaimed and award winning book about what a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetA Flavorwire and Times Higher Education Book of the YearMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world and a weed that grows in human disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere Through its ability to nurture trees matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places It is also an edible delicacy in Japan where it sometimes commands astronomical prices In all its contradictions matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question what manages to live in the ruins we have made A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism Here we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce the worlds of Japanese gourmets capitalist traders Hmong jungle fighters industrial forests Yi Chinese goat herders Finnish nature guides and more These compa