Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment

Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment - Hardcover

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Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment - Hardcover

Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment - Hardcover

by Amitav Ghosh
$29.00
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by Amitav Ghosh (Author)

From the 2025 recipient of the Pak Kyongni Prize, often referred to as Korea's Nobel Prize in Literature.

A collection of essays on themes central to Ghosh's work: imperialism and decolonization, climate change, and the stories of ordinary people making lives amid these historical forces.

Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writings on subjects that have obsessed him over the last twenty-five years: literature and language; climate change and the environment; and human lives, travel, and discoveries. Threaded throughout the collection are his reflections on the spaces that we inhabit and how we occupy them. From the significance of the commodification of the clove to the diversity of the mangrove forests in Bengal and the radical fluidity of multilingualism, Wild Fictions is a powerful refutation of imperial violence, a fascinating exploration of the fictions we weave to absorb history, and a reminder of the importance of sensitivity and empathy.

With the combination of moral passion, intellectual curiosity, and literary elegance that defines his writing, Ghosh makes readers understand the world in new and urgent ways. Together, the pieces in Wild Fictions chart a course that allows us to heal our relationships and restore the delicate balance with the volatile landscapes to which we all belong.

Author Biography

Amitav Ghosh is a novelist and essayist whose many books include the acclaimed Ibis Trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire), Gun Island, Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sundarban, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, and The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, the latter two also published by the University of Chicago Press. He is the 2025 recipient of the Pak Kyongni Prize, often referred to as Korea's Nobel Prize in Literature.

Number of Pages: 480
Dimensions: 1.27 x 9.2 x 6.41 IN
Publication Date: November 19, 2025
ISBN9780226845326
Author Amitav Ghosh
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreHobbies & interests and Literature
FormatHardcover
PublishedNovember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages480
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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