A rediscovered classic from 1935, the Cuban-Italian author’s debut collection of 18 stories brings to life the final years of a bygone world.Convinced that he shares a destiny with the doomed protagonist of a serialized novel, a man begs its author to change the ending.A 15-year-old boy experiences the sweet melancholy of an unrequited first love, as his older cousin prepares for her wedding in the country.A small detail shatters the illusions of a ...

In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who have long depended on fire to clear land for new crops. Yet only recently have political ecologists drawn attention to such events’ volumetric social and environmental character. Violent Atmospheres brings the political ecology of crisis to bear on atmospheric violence in Southeast Asi...

When we look at some of the most pressing issues in environmental politics today, it is hard to avoid data technologies. Big data, artificial intelligence, and data dashboards all promise “revolutionary” advances in the speed and scale at which governments, corporations, conservationists, and even individuals can respond to environmental challenges.By bringing together scholars from geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and ecology, The Nature of Data ex...

Classic stories and reportage set in Naples in the 1940s and 50s that inspired Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels A highly evocative classic set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. Anna Maria Ortese was one of the most celebrated and original Italian writers of the Twentieth Century. Her stories and reportage, collected in this volume, form a powerful portrait of ordinary lives, both high and low, family dramas, love affairs, and st...