Favorite book - "Nous avons mangé la terre" (We ate the earth)

We owe our favorite book of the month of May, "Nous avons mangé la Terre", to a virtuous circle.

Jean-Robert Viallet, journalist and film-maker, is the author of the documentary "L'homme a mangé la terre" ("Man ate the earth"). The idea of making this film, which analyzes and denounces the chain of events that led to the current environmental situation, was inspired by the work of Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, authors of the book "L'évènement anthropocène, la Terre, l'histoire et nous" ("The anthropocene event, the earth, history and us").

The two historians and the journalist wanted to make available to as many people as possible the iconographic documents, photographs, maps and advertisements unearthed in the archives to illustrate the documentary's themes. The result is a book of images, sometimes shocking or highly visual, explained by captions or commentaries.

We have eaten the Earth... but who will eat us?