An edition of The Hungry Tide (2004)

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An edition of The Hungry Tide (2004)

The hungry tide

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (9 ratings)
  • 74 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

Piya is a young Bengali cetologist brought up in the US. She arrives in the Sundarbans, the islands where the Ganges merges into the Bay of Bengal, to conduct an ecological survey on dolphins. Having been schooled in the US, Piya is fully westernized and does not know any Bengali. A drowning accident leads her to become reliant on a boatman as guide and protector in the violent Sundarbans. She also meets Kanai, a young Bengali professional man visiting the area on a family matter. Between them, the three weave an intriguing tale of history, folklore, ecology, migration, love and grief.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
402

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Subjects

Ecological disturbances Tides Fiction Rural poor Americans Women scientists Human ecology Dolphins India, fiction Bangladesh, fiction Women scientists, fiction Fiction, psychological Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India) - Fiction Culture conflict - Fiction Dolphins - Fiction Perturbations écologiques Écologie humaine Pauvres en milieu rural Dauphins Marées Ecology Rural life Poor Fiction, general Fiction, fantasy, general

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Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)

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2005, HarperCollins
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The hungry tide
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Hunger der Gezeiten
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London
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.G536 H86 2004, PR9499.3.G536

The Physical Object

Pagination
402 p. ;
Number of pages
402

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3452226M
ISBN 10
0007141777
LCCN
2005360259
OCLC/WorldCat
58554874, 59291541, 53390667
LibraryThing
9983
Goodreads
894282

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1054099W

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Work Description

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.

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