“Hungry Tide” – By Amitav Ghosh

[jessicasteinmetz]

This is one of the famous novels of A. Ghosh set against the dense jungle of sunderbans. Between the sea and the plains of Bengal lies the archipelago of islands, Sunderbans. Piyali Roy, a girl of Indian parentage but stubbornly American in nature, meets Kanai Dutt, a sophisticated Delhi businessman. Piyali is on the track of rare river dolphins as she was doing research on them. She hires Fokir and sets to the sea, in search of dolphins, with Kanai as her translator. Here they face the ‘hungry tide’ as the sea goes violent with storm. While Fokir gives his life away for saving Piyali, Kanai and Piyali returned together as changed personalities.

[charlesrug]

Can you tell me more about the author – “Amitav Ghosh”?

[jessicasteinmetz]

He is a famous Indian writer in English who is presently a professor in English Literature in Harvard University. Ghosh is a traveler in physical as well as metaphysical levels, and writes books after much research into matters of unsolved mystery.

[becka178]

Ghosh tempts readers with an unsolved mystery blending real life incidents into tales and making them supreme in thoughts. His famous books are ‘The Shadow Lines’, ‘The Glass Palace’, ‘In An Antique Land’, ‘The Hungry Tide’, etc. 8) 8) 8)

[nbinaca]

Can you please tell me what are the places that Amitav Ghosh specifies on in his novels? I will also be happy to know the nature of the characters that mainly dominate the novels of Amitav ghosh. I truly love reading about his book. What about you all?