{"product_id":"wars-of-the-interior-paperback","title":"Wars of the Interior - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Zárate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnnie McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen you fill up your car, install your furniture or choose a wedding ring, do you ever consider the human cost of your consumables?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a war raging in the heartlands of Peru, waged on the land by the global industries plundering the Amazon and the Andes. In Saweto, charismatic activist Edwin Chota returns to his \u003ci\u003eashaninka \u003c\/i\u003eroots, only to find that his people can't hunt for food because the animals have fled the rainforest to escape the chainsaw cacophony of illegal logging. Farmer Maxima Acuna is trying to grow potatoes and catch fish on the land she bought from her uncle - but she's sitting on top of a gold mine, and the miners will do anything to prove she's occupying her home illegally. The \u003ci\u003eawajun\u003c\/i\u003e community of the northern Amazon drink water contaminated with oil; child laborer Osman Cunachi's becomes internationally famous when a photo of him drenched in petrol as part of the clean-up efforts makes it way around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Zarate's stunning work of documentary takes three of Peru's most precious resources - gold, wood and oil - and exposes the tragedy, violence and corruption tangled up in their extraction. But he also draws us in to the rich, surprising world of Peru's indigenous communities, of local heroes and singular activists, of ancient customs and passionate young environmentalists. \u003ci\u003eWars of the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep insight into the cultures alive in the vanishing Amazon, and a forceful, shocking expose of the industries destroying this land.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJospeh Zarate \u003c\/b\u003ereceived the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Award in 2018 and the Ortega y Gasset Prize in 2016. He has served as deputy editor of the magazines \u003ci\u003eEtiqueta Negra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEtiqueta Verde\u003c\/i\u003e and was awarded a 2018 Ochberg Fellowship by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma of the School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York. \u003ci\u003eWars of the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the best books of 2018 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e in Spanish, \u003ci\u003eForbes \u003c\/i\u003eMexico and by Deutsche Welle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e's translations from Spanish and Portuguese include \u003ci\u003eDead Girls \u003c\/i\u003eby Selva Almada, \u003ci\u003eEmpty Words \u003c\/i\u003eby Mario Levrero, \u003ci\u003eFeebleminded \u003c\/i\u003eby Ariana Harwicz (with Carolina Orloff) and \u003ci\u003eCity of Ulysses \u003c\/i\u003eby Teolinda Gersao (with Jethro Soutar). She has previously lived in Mexico and Brazil, and is now based in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695333339443,"sku":"9781783786152","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bzZMekhPaEp3ZitvZGFWU1JVOWpYUT09.webp?v=1763089068","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/wars-of-the-interior-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}