The Padma Shri and Jnanpith Awardee novelist on his latest non-fiction book Smoke and Ashes , whose foundation was laid with the research for Ibis Trilogy , the far-reaching effects of opium trade and humankind s greatest challenges today.
Recently, Lebanon lived through two time zones at once. For years, however, novels have slowed time down, speeded it up, and travelled across past, present, and future.