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The Hungry Tide

Amitav Ghosh

  • 377 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2004
  • 20 editions
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1 About this book

Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life there is precarious, ruled by the tides and the constant threat of attacks by Bengal tigers. Into this small community come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences.

  • Human ecology
  • India
  • Ecology
  • Fantasy
  • Rural poor
  • Women scientists
  • Dolphins
  • Psychological fiction

2 About Amitav Ghosh

Born 1956

Amitav Ghosh (Bengali pronunciation:; born 11 July 1956) is an Indian-American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.

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