Review

In The Anthropocene Reviewed, John Green bridges the gap between the big and small life

By David Ferrell
August 7 2021 - 12:00am
Author John Green, too clever by half. Picture: Supplied
Author John Green, too clever by half. Picture: Supplied
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green. Ebury Press, $35.

A book of semi-autobiographical essays threatens to devolve into a book of sentiments. In attempting to bridge the ambivalences between the objects of a life and the themes of life, essayists often become too clever or too romantic; reach for too global an answer, from too small a perspective.

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