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The Hungry Tide

A Novel.
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Ghosh, Amitav.
Verfasser*innenangabe: Amitav Ghosh.
Jahr: 2020.
Mediengruppe: eBook
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Three lives collide on an island off India: "An engrossing tale of caste and culture... introduces readers to a little-known world."— Entertainment Weekly Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats. At any moment, tidal floods may rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake. In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people collide. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin. Her journey begins with a disaster when she is thrown from a boat into crocodile-infested waters. Rescue comes in the form of a young, illiterate fisherman, Fokir. Although they have no language between them, they are powerfully drawn to each other, sharing an uncanny instinct for the ways of the sea. Piya engages Fokir to help with her research and finds a translator in Kanai Dutt, a businessman from Delhi whose idealistic aunt and uncle are longtime settlers in the Sundarbans. As the three launch into the elaborate backwaters, they are drawn unawares into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll as powerful as the ravaging tide. From the national bestselling author of Gun Island , The Hungry Tide was a winner of the Crossword Book Prize and a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize. "A great swirl of political, social, and environmental issues, presented through a story that's full of romance, suspense, and poetry."— The Washington Post "Masterful."— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Ghosh, Amitav.
Verfasser*innenangabe: Amitav Ghosh.
Jahr: 2020.
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ISBN: 9780547525204
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