The Search for Water - A Human History

Virginia Mendoza's first memories are of drought. She grew up in La Mancha, Spain, the driest region in Europe. Her parents, grandparents, and almost every word, tool, and tradition of her homeland conveyed one conviction: without water, there is no life; without water, there is no civilization. In The Search for Water, Mendoza weaves this personal reflection together with a dazzling scientific and anthropological enquiry into the ways the search for water has shaped the story of humanity. From flows of migration, agriculture and pagan rain gods to contemporary struggles with drought and climate change, Mendoza writes a gripping and inventive history of humankind as driven and united by one force: thirst.

Info autore

Thomas Bunstead is a writer and translator. His recent translations include The Things We've Seen by Agustín Fernández Mallo, which was the recipient of a PEN Translation Award, and Water Over Stones, a co translation with Margaret Jull Costa.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Virginia Mendoza
• Con la collaborazione di: Bunstead Thomas (Traduzione)
• Editore: Pushkin Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.04.2026
• EAN: 9781805332930
• ISBN: 978-1-80533-293-0
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Memoirs, HISTORY / Historical Geography, The environment, Human Geography, Development Studies, Development and environmental geography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs