It's only in the period of modernity, just as we began to lay waste to the planet, that non-human voices came to be silenced [in literature]. If non-human voices were included in a text, that text came to be regarded as children's literature. ~ Amitav Ghosh
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On today's #TakeFourBooks on BBC R4 I talked with @amitav.bsky.social about his new novel GHOST EYE and his 3 influences: two ghost stories - one about a haunted palace, another about a haunted river - and Robert Macfarlane's luminous "Is A River Alive?" Listen now! 📚🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
