The Resource The hungry tide, Amitav Ghosh
The hungry tide, Amitav Ghosh
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 402 pages.
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2004
- Formerly CIP.
- Contents
-
- Part one. The Ebb: Bhata --- Part two. The Flood: Jowar --- Author's note
- Isbn
- 9780007141784
- Label
- The hungry tide
- Title
- The hungry tide
- Statement of responsibility
- Amitav Ghosh
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Dolphins -- Fiction
- trueGuides (Persons)
- trueInterpreters
- trueSundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- History
- trueAmericans in Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
- Tides -- Fiction
- Human ecology -- Fiction
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- Fiction
- trueFishers
- trueWomen marine biologists
- trueRevolutionaries
- Ecological disturbances -- Fiction
- trueDiaries
- truePsychological fiction
- trueIndia
- trueDolphins
- Women scientists -- Fiction
- trueWildlife conservation
- Americans -- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- Off the eastern coast of Inda lies an extraordinary cluster of islands known as the Sundarbans. It is a raw but a beautiful sea--a place of man-eating tigers, river dolphins, huge crocodiles and devistating tides that sweep across the terrain without remorse. In this exotic land, marine biologist Piya, fisherman Fokir and translator Kanai meet. As they travel deep into the remote archipelago, they experience a territory at risk not only from natural disaster, but also from human foolishness and volatile politics
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2006.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 132659
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ghosh, Amitav
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.914
- 823.914
- 304.25954
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9499.3.G536
- LC item number
- H86 2005
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dolphins
- Tides
- Americans
- Ecological disturbances
- Women scientists
- Human ecology
- Rural poor
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The hungry tide, Amitav Ghosh
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2004
- Formerly CIP.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. The Ebb: Bhata --- Part two. The Flood: Jowar --- Author's note
- Control code
- 000028559879
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 402 pages.
- Isbn
- 9780007141784
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62088005
- Label
- The hungry tide, Amitav Ghosh
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2004
- Formerly CIP.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one. The Ebb: Bhata --- Part two. The Flood: Jowar --- Author's note
- Control code
- 000028559879
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 402 pages.
- Isbn
- 9780007141784
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62088005
Subject
- Americans -- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
- trueDiaries
- trueDolphins
- Dolphins -- Fiction
- Ecological disturbances -- Fiction
- trueFishers
- trueGuides (Persons)
- Human ecology -- Fiction
- trueIndia
- trueInterpreters
- trueLiterary fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRevolutionaries
- Rural poor -- Fiction
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- Fiction
- trueSundarbans (Bangladesh and India) -- History
- Tides -- Fiction
- trueWildlife conservation
- trueWomen marine biologists
- Women scientists -- Fiction
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