True Tales

Wild Fictions brings together AMITAV GHOSH'S essays written over the last 25 years

-  Amit Dixit

Q. Why did you choose to call a collection of non-fiction pieces Wild Fictions?

Many of these essays are about stories, and how they shape our understanding of, and interactions with, the world around us. I've contrasted the view of 'nature' that emerged in Europe in the wake of the Enlightenment, as a domain that was separate from the world of humans, with the entirely different perspective of people who live in proximity to forests, rivers and oceans.