Silent Spring
About This Novel
Who can imagine how gloomy and lonely a spring would be without the singing of the robin? This book is a landmark classic work completed by Rachel Carson, a pioneer of the environmental movement, American science writer, and marine biologist, who spent her last life. The author starts from a phenomenon that has long been ignored in society, and begins with a fable to describe to us the drastic changes that have occurred in a beautiful village. The book slowly describes the irreparable harm caused by the abuse of pesticides, insecticides and other chemicals to the human living environment. It is recognized as the foundational work that started the world environmental movement. In 1992, it was selected as one of the most influential books in the past 50 years. It was also selected by the Library of Congress as one of the 88 books that shaped the United States! This book combines the spirit of rigorous and realistic scientific rationality with the humanistic sentiment of reverence for nature and life. It was as sensational at the time as Darwin's "The Origin of Species".
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