Amitav Ghosh in Conversation

Sydney Writers' Festival by Sydney Writers' Festival

Jul 28, 202655:26Society & Culture

An incomparable storyteller, lucid analyst and eloquent polemicist, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh's rich body of fiction and non-fiction work has shaped our contemporary understanding of history and the environment. List...

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