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...
The Hungry Tide is a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions ...
Rajkumar helps on a market stall outside the royal palace when the British force the royal family into exile. Rescued by a Chinese merchant they move to upper Burma but he is haunted by his vision of the royal family and journeys to find them.
Rajkumar helps on a market stall outside the royal palace when the British force the royal family into exile. Rescued by a Chinese merchant they move ...
Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelag...
The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocean, its crew made up of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, representing Westerners and Indians respectively. Slowly they start considering themselves as ship-brothers.
The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocea...
This is a subversive history in the guise of a traveller's tale. Bursting with anecdote and exuberant detail, it offers a magical, intimate biography of the private life of a country, Egypt, from the Crusades to Desert Storm.
This is a subversive history in the guise of a traveller's tale. Bursting with anecdote and exuberant detail, it offers a magical, intimate biography ...
With a cast of extraordinary characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and evocative portraits of 20th century India and America, Ghosh's new book is a Victorian ghost story, a medical thriller and a scientific quest in one.
With a cast of extraordinary characters, advanced computer science, religious cults and evocative portraits of 20th century India and America, Ghosh's...
Eight-year-old weaver Alu, a child of preternatural talent, embarks on a series of adventures that takes him from his home in an Indian village through the slums of Calcutta to Goa and across the sea to Africa.
Eight-year-old weaver Alu, a child of preternatural talent, embarks on a series of adventures that takes him from his home in an Indian village throug...
A boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences.
A boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens...
