Amitav Ghosh

Gebundenes Buch

Smoke And Ashes

Opium's Hidden Histories

Beschreibung

The Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures, and his own understanding of self.

Autor

Amitav Ghosh is the author of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, comprised of Sea of Poppies (short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize), River of Smoke , and Flood of Fire. His other novels include The Circle of Reason, which won the Prix Médicis étranger, and The Glass Palace. He is the author of many works of nonfiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable and The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis . He holds two lifetime achievement awards and four honorary doctorates. In 2015, he was named as a finalist of the Man Booker International Prize. In 2018, Ghosh became the first English-language writer to receive the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, and in 2024 he was awarded the Laureate Erasmus Prize. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 157mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9781529349245
• ISBN-10: 1529349249
• Artikelnr.: 62220589

Rezensionen

An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world TLS