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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2023 book by Amitav Ghosh}}<br />
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| author = [[Amitav Ghosh]]<br />
| pub_date = 2023<br />
| language = Non-fiction<br />
| name = Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories<br />
| image = File:Smoke_and_Ashes,_Opium's_Hidden_Histories.jpeg<br />
}}<br />
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Smoke and Ashes''}}<br />
'''''Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories''''' is a 2023 non-fiction book by [[Amitav Ghosh]]. The book arose from research Ghosh conducted on the historical [[opium]] trade and its relation to India and China while he was writing his fiction novel series, the [[Ibis trilogy|''Ibis'' trilogy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Falconer |first=Delia |date=2024-02-13 |title=The Opium Poppy Gets Star Billing in a New History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/books/review/smoke-and-ashes-amitav-ghosh.html |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-27 |title=Amitav Ghosh's new book, Smoke and Ashes, launched in Chennai |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/amitav-ghoshs-new-book-smoke-and-ashes-launched-in-chennai/article67128534.ece |access-date=2024-08-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In it, Ghosh discusses the [[history of tea]], the [[Opium Wars]] and links between [[colonialism]] and the modern [[Opioid epidemic|opioid crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morch |first=Maximillian |date=2023-08-25 |title="Smoke and Ashes" by Amitav Ghosh |url=https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/smoke-and-ashes-by-amitav-ghosh/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Asian Review of Books |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bothfield |first=Becca |date=8 February 2024 |title=A riveting new history of opium, a lucrative and destructive flower |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/08/amitav-ghosh-smoke-ashes-opium-history-review/ |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Varadarajan |first=Tunku |date=1 March 2024 |title='Smoke and Ashes' Review: The Colonial Narco-State |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/smoke-and-ashes-review-the-colonial-narco-state-eb5d1789 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Books by Amitav Ghosh]]<br />
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[[Category:History books about China]]<br />
[[Category:Books about the British Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Books about psychoactive drugs]]<br />
[[Category:Works about colonialism]]<br />
[[Category:History books about India]]<br />
[[Category:Opium Wars]]<br />
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[[Category:Works about opium]]<br />
[[Category:Works about tea]]<br />
[[Category:Farrar, Straus and Giroux books]]<br />
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