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Environmental Narratives
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Binding
Hardback
Number of Pages
496
Age Group
All
Language
English
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Book Summary
Wild Fictions Is A Remarkable Collection By Amitav Ghosh That Gathers Twenty-Five Years Of His Insightful Writing On Literature And Language, Climate Change And The Environment, And The Rich Tapestry Of Human Experience, Travel, And Discovery. Written For Adult Readers And Thoughtful Young Adults Who Relish Global Perspectives, This Volume Speaks With Moral Clarity And Intellectual Curiosity. The Tone Is Evocative And Hopeful, Inviting You To Think Deeply About The Places We Inhabit And The Stories That Connect Us.
Structured As A Carefully Curated Sequence Of Essays, Wild Fictions Moves Through Topics From The Commodification Of Cloves To The Biodiversity Of Bengal’S Mangrove Forests And The Radical Fluidity Of Multilingualism. Ghosh Writes With A Blend Of Reportage, Reflection, And Persuasive Moral Clarity, Weaving Together Geography, History, And Human Experience Into A Cohesive Meditation On How We Live With The World Around Us.
What Makes The Experience Unique Is The Way The Pieces Dialogue With One Another—Each Essay A Window Into A Landscape, A Language, Or A Memory, And Together Forming A Chorus About Responsibility, Empathy, And Healing. The Writing Is Graceful And Precise, Balancing Scholarly Insight With Accessible Storytelling, So Concepts Like Environmental Justice, Cultural Exchange, And Climate Resilience Feel Concrete And Immediate. Ghosh’S Lucid Critique Of Imperial Violence And His Insistence On Sensitivity And Empathy Guide These Reflections, Inviting Readers To Reconsider How History Is Told And How We Relate To Land, Oceans, And Communities.
After Finishing Wild Fictions, Readers Gain A More Nuanced Understanding Of Humanity’S Relationship With The Environment, A Renewed Curiosity About Language And History, And A Sense Of Hopeful Responsibility Toward The World We Share. The Collection Lingers With You, Inviting Ongoing Reflection And Compassionate Engagement With The Landscapes And People You Encounter.
Product Details
Author
Amitav Ghosh
Publisher
Harper Collins
Number of Pages
496
Language
English
SKU
BK0517224
ISBN
9789365691009
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
2.81 x 15 x 23 cm
Binding
Hardback
MRP: ₹ 799
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Amitav Ghosh (Born 11 July 1956), Is A Bengali Indian Author Best Known For His Work In English Fiction. Bio From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Photo By David Shankbone (Own Work) [Gfdl (Http://Www.Gnu.Org/Copyleft/Fdl.Html) Or Cc-By-Sa-3.0 (Http://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/3.0/)], Via Wikimedia Commons. Amitav Ghosh Was Born In Calcutta In 1956 And Raised And Educated In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India And The United Kingdom, Where He Received His Ph.D. In Social Anthropology From Oxford. Acclaimed For Fiction, Travel Writing And Journalism, His Books Include The Circle Of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land And Dancing In Cambodia. His Previous Novel, The Glass Palace, Was An International Bestseller That Sold More Than A Half-Million Copies In Britain. Recently Published There, The Hungry Tide Has Been Sold For Translation In Twelve Foreign Countries And Is Also A Bestseller Abroad. Ghosh Has Won France'S Prix Medici Etranger, India'S Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, The Arthur C. Clarke Award And The Pushcart Prize. He Now Divides His Time Between Harvard University, Where He Is A Visiting Professor And His Homes In India And Brooklyn, New York. Amitav Ghosh Is An Award-Winning Novelist And Essayist. His Most Recent Book Is The Great Derangement. Amitav Ghosh Is The Author Of Ten Highly Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Non-Fiction Which Include The Booker Prize Shortlisted Sea Of Poppies (Book One Of The Ibis Trilogy), River Of Smoke, The Glass Palace And The Shadow Lines. He Has Won Numerous Prizes, Some Of Which Are The Sahitya Akademi Award, The Pushcart Prize And The Grinzane Cavour Prize. He Divides His Time Between New York And India.