Amitav Ghosh

Presents a novel of life in modern India, chronicling the interwoven journey of an American marine biologist and a Delhi businessman who travel to the remote Sundarban islands.

The Hungry Tide

"The Hungry Tide" is an example of what the reading experience should be about - beautiful prose opening your worldview to worlds / communities with which you may have not otherwise come in touch.

Varshh

A rich and skilful masterpiece that explores the relationship between humans and nature through the tides near Sundarbans.

Sakthi Varshini

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Yuvraj Jha

The Hissing Saint

Pratul

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Stephanie Cox

The Hungry Tide is a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions on the earth. 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 deadly tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats. Without warning, at any time, tidal floods rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake. In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds collide. Piya Roy is a young 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, Piya and Fokir 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 of them launch into the elaborate backwaters, they are drawn unawares into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll that is every bit as powerful as the ravaging tide. Already an international success, The Hungry Tide is a prophetic novel of remarkable insight, beauty, and humanity.

A Novel

Karen Shimek

Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attacks by Bengal tigers. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences. The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth will never return. With the arrival of two outsiders from the modern world, the delicate balance of small community life uneasily shifts. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare dolphin. Kanai Dutt is an urbane Delhi businessman, here to retrieve the journal of his uncle, who died mysteriously in a local political uprising. When Piya hires an illiterate but proud local fisherman to guide her through the crocodile-infested backwaters, Kanai becomes her translator. From this moment, the tide begins to turn. A contemporary story of adventure and romance, identity and history, The Hungry Tide travels deep into one of the most fascinating regions on earth, where the treacherous forces of nature and human folly threaten to destroy a way of life.

Akanksha Chattopadhyay

Amitav

Between The Sea And The Plains Of Bengal, On The Easternmost Coast Of India, Lies An Immense Archipelago Of Islands. Some Are Vast And Some No Larger Than Sandbars; Some Have Lasted Through Recorded History While Others Have Just Washed Into Being. These Are The Sundarbans. Here There Are No Borders To Divide Fresh Water From Salt, River From Sea, Even Land From Water. The Settlers Of The Sundarbans Believe That Anyone Without A Pure Heart Who Ventures Into The Watery Labyrinth Will Never Return. Survival Is An Everyday Battle For These People Who Have Managed To Strike A Delicate Balance With Nature. But The Arrival Of Piyali Roy, Of Indian Parentage But Stubbornly American, And Of Kanai Dutt, A Sophisticated Delhi Businessman, Threatens To Upset This Balance. Kanai Has Returned To The Islands On The Request Of His Aunt, A Local Figure, For The First Time Since The Death Of His Uncle, A Political Radical Who Died Mysteriously In The Aftermath Of A Local Uprising. When Piya, Who Is On The Track Of The Rare River Dolphins, Hires Fokir, An Illiterate But Proud Local Man To Guide Her Through The Backwaters, Kanai Becomes Her Translator. From This Moment, The Tide Begins To Turn. Amitav Ghosh Has Discovered Another New Territory, Summoning A Singular, Fascinating Place, Another World, From Its History And Myth, And Bringing It To Life. Yet The Hungry Tide Also Explores Another And Far More Unknowable Jungle: The Human Spirit. It Is A Novel That Asks At Every Turn: What Man Can Take The True Measure Of Another? Click Here To Visit The Amitav Ghosh Website

Saurabh Kumar

Noor

Ezra Alie

Vera

Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attack by Bengal tigers. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences. The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth will never return. With the arrival of two outsiders from the modern world, the delicate balance of small community life uneasily shifts. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare dolphin. Kanai Dutt is an urbane Delhi businessman, here to retrieve the journal of his uncle who died mysteriously in a local political uprising. When Piya hires an illiterate but proud local fisherman to guide her through the crocodile-infested backwaters, Kanai becomes her translator. From this moment, the tide begins to turn. A contemporary story of adventure and romance, identity and history, The Hungry Tide travels deep into one of the most fascinating regions on earth, where the treacherous forces of nature and human folly threaten to destroy a way of life.

The Hungry Tide

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