{"id":133013,"date":"2023-04-28T13:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=133013"},"modified":"2023-04-28T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T07:31:19","slug":"amitav-ghoshs-new-non-fiction-book-smoke-and-ashes-to-release-in-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/amitav-ghoshs-new-non-fiction-book-smoke-and-ashes-to-release-in-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitav Ghosh\u2019s new non-fiction book \u2018Smoke and Ashes\u2019 to release in July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Amitav Ghosh\u2019s new non-fiction book \u2018Smoke and Ashes\u2019 to release in July 2023:<\/strong> Amitav Ghosh&#8217;s book &#8220;Smoke and Ashes: A Writer&#8217;s Journey Through Opium&#8217;s Hidden Histories&#8221; will be published on July 15th by HarperCollins&#8217; Fourth Estate. The book is a combination of a memoir, a travelogue, and a deep dive into the economic and cultural history of opium. Ghosh notes that the book is based on extensive research he performed while writing his trilogy of novels between 2005 and 2015. Overall, \u201cSmoke and Ashes\u201d explores the hidden and often overlooked aspects of opium\u2019s impact on history and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-april-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book is also a very personal look at Ghosh&#8217;s own engagement with opium&#8217;s hidden histories, with deep insights into the process of writing the &#8220;Ibis Trilogy,&#8221; which includes the novels &#8220;Sea of Poppies,&#8221; &#8220;River of Smoke,&#8221; and &#8220;Flood of Fire,&#8221; according to the publishers. \u201cSmoke and Ashes\u201d tells the story of how this common and deceptively humble plant has shaped the modern world, and the key part it is now playing in the unmaking of that world, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Amitav Ghosh:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kolkata-born Ghosh grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. His other acclaimed works include \u201cThe Shadow Lines\u201d, \u201cThe Glass Palace\u201d, \u201cThe Hungry Tide\u201d, \u201cGun Island\u201d, \u201cThe Great Derangement\u201d, \u201cThe Nutmeg\u2019s Curse\u201d, \u201cJungle Nama\u201d and \u201cThe Living Mountain\u201d. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2019, he became the first English-language writer to receive India\u2019s highest literary honour \u2013 the Jnanpith Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amitav Ghosh\u2019s new non-fiction book \u2018Smoke and Ashes\u2019 to release in July 2023: Amitav Ghosh&#8217;s book &#8220;Smoke and Ashes: A Writer&#8217;s Journey Through Opium&#8217;s Hidden Histories&#8221; will be published on July 15th by HarperCollins&#8217; Fourth Estate. The book is a combination of a memoir, a travelogue, and a deep dive into the economic and cultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":133014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[4935,4919],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-133013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-april-2023","tag-books-and-authors","tag-persons-in-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133015,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133013\/revisions\/133015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133013"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=133013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}