Amitav Ghosh

The Nutmeg's Curse

Parables for a Planet in Crisis

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Produktbeschreibung

From the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy and The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg's Curse is an enthralling, panoramic history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, told through the surprising story of the nutmeg.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / John Murray
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 820737
• Seitenzahl: 339
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 126mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 246g
• ISBN-13: 9781529369465
• ISBN-10: 1529369460
• Artikelnr.: 62081324

Autorenporträt

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.