Ghosh: 220 books

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 literature,...

A journalist who “illuminates the human drama behind the headlines” writes about today’s dramatic events, from terrorist attacks to tsunamis (Publishers Weekly). “An uncannily honest writer,” Amitav Ghosh has published firsthand accounts of pivotal world events in publications including...

Nei primi anni del XXI secolo Amitav Ghosh lavorava alla stesura de Il paese delle maree, il romanzo che si svolge nelle Sundarban, l'immenso arcipelago di isole che si stende fra il mare e le pianure del Bengala. Occupandosi della grande foresta di mangrovie che le ricopre, Ghosh scoprì che i mutamenti...

Nellestate del 1148 d.C. Khalaf ibn Ishaq, mercante in Palestina, scrive una lettera allamico ebreo Abraham Ben Yij_, che viveva allora in una città di nome Mangalore, un porto sulla costa sudoccidentale dellIndia. Era una stagione movimentata quella, in Palestina. In aprile era arrivata unarmata...

La schiera dei grandi narratori e scrittori che hanno fatto del reportage unarte abbraccia, comè noto, secoli di letteratura e ha prodotto non pochi spunti di eccellente teoria. Anton Cechov ci ha lasciato, ad esempio, un manuale del buon reporter che dovrebbe essere obbligatoriamente presente oggi...

In this timely volume on newly emerging financial mar- kets and investment strategies, Arvin Ghosh explores the intriguing topic of initial public offerings (IPOs) of securities, among the most significant phenomena in the United States stock markets in recent years. Before the 2000-2001 market turndown,...

A New York Times Notable Book: A policeman chases a falsely accused man on a wild journey around the world in this “utterly involving” novel (The Sunday Times). When eight-year-old Nachiketa Bose first arrives in the East Bengali village of Lalpukur, he receives the name Alu—potato—for...

Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexist with twentieth-century desires and discontents. But even...

The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for...

Thinking Literature across Continents finds Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller—two thinkers from different continents, cultures, training, and critical perspectives—debating and reflecting upon what literature is and why it matters. Ghosh and Miller do not attempt to formulate a joint theory of...

Corruption, Good Governance and Economic Development adopts a non-Eurocentric approach towards good governance issues in Asia and Africa on practical and theoretical levels. Edited by R N Ghosh and M A B Siddique, this volume features contributions from distinguished scholars and policy makers who...

A widely disseminated photograph of Phoolan Devi, India’s famous bandit queen, surrendering to police forces in 1983 became an emotional touchstone for Indians who saw the outlaw as a lower-caste folk hero. That affective response was reignited in 1994 with the release of a feature film based on...

When carefree, bachelor Daniel is sent to India on a business trip, he expects an elevation of his career, not of his heart. Enter Aahna, an impoverished but brazen servant girl who befriends Daniel in spite of societal obligations.  Together the two will decide if a love that was never destined is a destiny worth changing.  

A intervalli regolari di qualche mese, Tridib compare alla porta di casa dei suoi zii e cugini. Le gambe incrociate strette, la fronte coperta di sudore, dopo i necessari convenevoli imposti dall’etichetta, si precipita direttamente nella stanza da bagno, spinto dai capricci del suo apparato digerente,...