Amitav Ghosh on fiction, climate, and the unseen worlds that shape us
Amitav Ghosh returned to fiction, his true passion, with his new novel "Ghost Eye." He discussed how climate disasters reshaped his worldview, emphasizing that viewing the Earth as inanimate fuels environmental destruction. Ghosh highlighted how language and food connect us to the universe, challenging fixed notions of caste, and revealed that major storms served as personal wake-up calls.
Amitav Ghosh returned to fiction, his true passion, with his new novel "Ghost Eye." He discussed how climate disasters reshaped his worldview, emphasizing that viewing the Earth as inanimate fuels environmental destruction. Ghosh highlighted how language and food connect us to the universe, challenging fixed notions of caste, and revealed that major storms served as personal wake-up calls.
