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 lifeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:01:05 Boxid IA40117013 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier From this moment, the tide begins to turn. When Piya hires an illiterate but proud local fisherman to guide her through the crocodile-infested backwaters, Kanai becomes her translator. Kanai Dutt is an urbane Delhi businessman, here to retrieve the journal of his uncle, who died mysteriously in a local political uprising. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare dolphin. With the arrival of two outsiders from the modern world, the delicate balance of small community life uneasily shifts. The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth will never return. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences.

Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attacks by Bengal tigers. Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans.

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh