Wild Fictions: A literary journey with Amitav Ghosh through time, terrain

Often, collections like this can be read in whatever manner the reader desires, without losing any of the essence. You dip in, read what you fancy and then skip to another part

Wild Fictions: Essays

by Amitav Ghosh

Published by Fourth Estate 

471 pages ₹799

  This is a collection of articles and essays, and “presentations”, which the writer emphasises are something other than the first two. There is an epistolary exchange, there are comments on other writers, and there are lectures. Most have been published in journals. Therefore, it is possible that the reader may have come across some before.

  At the outset, a full disclaimer: I am a fan of Amitav Ghosh’s writing, both fiction and non-fiction. The extent of his research and underst­anding, coupled with his fluid and evocative style of writing, makes him