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Today, "The Amazon in the blood" by Emmanuelle Lescaudron was published on January 14, 2022 by Éditions Les Presses Littéraires
Christian Dorsan, novelist, blogger and contributor to the 20 Minutes
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L'Amazonie dans le sang
by Emmanuelle Lescaudron, published on January 14, 2022 by Éditions Les Presses Littéraires.
His favorite quote:
"It's unfortunate, but that's how it is: blood has to be shed for the world to watch the Amazon slowly die."
Why this book?
Because this book is not just another thriller
about corruption in Brazil.
Emmanuelle Lescaudron offers us a fascinating investigation with the lungs of the planet as the main character: the Amazon.
Throughout the pages she makes us aware of environmental issues and distills information that is sometimes cold in the back.
Because we are won over by a direct style that does not spare our sensitivity.
The Amazon has become an important economic issue and to achieve its ends, companies do not hesitate to subjugate the local populations, restrict their territory and then deliver them to the misery of the cities or to perish.
How, after having read this book, not to feel concerned by the fight against deforestation?
Because the Amazon is not just Brazil's problem.
This forest is a precious common good to Humanity.
Our carbon footprint is linked to the fate of this reserve, which must absolutely be defended before it is too late, if it still has a chance of survival...
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
A young idealistic journalist investigates timber trafficking in Brazil.
At the gates of the Amazon, accompanied by a young native, they will confront the corruption, violence and genocide of indigenous peoples.
Characters.
Camille, a young journalism student, Réno, a native whose father and grandfather were murdered by traffickers, Judge Brugniot, who fights against corruption, the governor, the guardians of the forest, the Amazon.
Places.
Brazil: the Amazon, Rio, Manaus.
And Antwerp, hub of maritime traffic.
The time.
Current era.
The author.
Emmanuelle Lescaudron is a journalist who is interested in the local economy and environmental issues.
She signs with the Presses Littéraires, her third thriller.
This book was read with
empathy for these natives who can gradually disappear in misery, read with revolt against these firms that nothing stops, sometimes protected by ambitious policies.
A thriller that makes you think.
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