The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters - Softcover

George, Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805090835 ISBN 13: 9780805090833

Verlag: Henry Holt, 2009

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Book by George Rose

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“One smart book . . . delving deep into the history and implications of a daily act that dare not speak its name.” —Newsweek

Acclaimed as “extraordinary” (The New York Times) and “a classic” (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity is on its way to removing the taboo on bodily waste—something common to all and as natural as breathing. We prefer not to talk about it, but we should—even those of us who take care of our business in pristine, sanitary conditions. Disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, nearly two million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable.

Moving from the underground sewers of Paris, London, and New York (an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen) to an Indian slum where ten toilets are shared by 60,000 people, The Big Necessity breaks the silence, revealing everything that matters about how people do—and don’t—deal with their own waste. With razor-sharp wit and crusading urgency, mixing levity with gravity, Rose George has turned the subject we like to avoid into a cause with the most serious of consequences.

Biografía del autor:

Rose George is a freelance writer and journalist who has written for The New York Times, Slate, and The Guardian. She lives in London.

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• Verlag: Henry Holt
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0805090835
• ISBN 13: 9780805090833
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288