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Number of Pages
256
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Language
English
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This is a literary fiction novel set along the Sundarbans, a vast archipelago where rivers, sea, and land meet in a delicate, ever-shifting balance. The central themes explore how people survive, connect, and question what it means to live with an environment that can be both generous and deadly. The story is best suited for adult readers or anyone drawn to immersive regional fiction that blends science, culture, and moral inquiry. The tone is contemplative and adventurous, with a lyrical touch that invites quiet reflection as well as suspense.
The reading experience is story-led and richly textured, with evocative, present-tense prose that glides through mangrove channels and tidal creeks. The narrative moves between intimate character portraits and broader ecological observation, creating a dual sense of immediacy and scope. Readers follow a translator and a local guide through backwaters, witnessing cross-cultural negotiation and ethical questions that rise from living with a fragile delta. Through these journeys, the book asks how much one can truly know another in a world shaped by water.
Within the fiction, the themes explore humanโnature relationships, the pressures of environmental change, and the ethics of cross-cultural encounter. The prose makes these ideas feel immediate through concrete sensory detailsโtides, river dolphins, mangrove forests, and everyday village lifeโwhile preserving depth and craft.
After finishing, readers gain a deeper appreciation for a living delta and the people who depend on it. The book invites reflection on resilience, empathy, and our shared responsibility toward landscapes shaped by water, leaving a lasting sense of connection and curiosity.
Product Details
Author
Amitav Ghosh
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
256
Language
English
SKU
BK0531188
ISBN
9789365236781
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
20x14x4CM
Binding
Hardback
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Amitav Ghosh (Born 11 July 1956), Is A Bengali Indian Author Best Known For His Work In English Fiction. Bio From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Photo By David Shankbone (Own Work) [Gfdl (Http://Www.Gnu.Org/Copyleft/Fdl.Html) Or Cc-By-Sa-3.0 (Http://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/3.0/)], Via Wikimedia Commons. Amitav Ghosh Was Born In Calcutta In 1956 And Raised And Educated In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India And The United Kingdom, Where He Received His Ph.D. In Social Anthropology From Oxford. Acclaimed For Fiction, Travel Writing And Journalism, His Books Include The Circle Of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land And Dancing In Cambodia. His Previous Novel, The Glass Palace, Was An International Bestseller That Sold More Than A Half-Million Copies In Britain. Recently Published There, The Hungry Tide Has Been Sold For Translation In Twelve Foreign Countries And Is Also A Bestseller Abroad. Ghosh Has Won France'S Prix Medici Etranger, India'S Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, The Arthur C. Clarke Award And The Pushcart Prize. He Now Divides His Time Between Harvard University, Where He Is A Visiting Professor And His Homes In India And Brooklyn, New York. Amitav Ghosh Is An Award-Winning Novelist And Essayist. His Most Recent Book Is The Great Derangement. Amitav Ghosh Is The Author Of Ten Highly Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Non-Fiction Which Include The Booker Prize Shortlisted Sea Of Poppies (Book One Of The Ibis Trilogy), River Of Smoke, The Glass Palace And The Shadow Lines. He Has Won Numerous Prizes, Some Of Which Are The Sahitya Akademi Award, The Pushcart Prize And The Grinzane Cavour Prize. He Divides His Time Between New York And India.