Results for "Ghosh, Amitav"

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, and The MillionsGhosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family―the climax of a yearslong project.When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he w... Read More about Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories

In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism’s violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment. A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh’s ... Read More about The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability—at the level of litera... Read More about The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (Berlin Family Lectures)

The first in an epic trilogy, Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" (The Observer [London]).At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ... Read More about Sea of Poppies: A Novel (The Ibis Trilogy #1)

Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture and Chicago Review of BooksFrom the award-winning author of the bestselling epic Ibis trilogy comes a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family and heritageBundook. Gun. A common word, but one that turns Deen Datta’s world upside down.A dealer of rar... Read More about Gun Island: A Novel

"A sprawling, stormy, magnificent novel of India untamed." —O: The Oprah Magazine "A certifiable page-turner."—Boston Globe From Amitav Ghosh, award-winning and international bestselling author of the Ibis Trilogy, comes a contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set... Read More about The Hungry Tide: A Novel