The Hungry Tide

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A profound and absorbing saga from the <strong><em>Internationally Bestselling</em></strong> and <strong><em>Man Booker Prize</em></strong> shortlisted author<p>'Amitav Ghosh is such a <strong>fascinating</strong> and <strong>seductive</strong> writer... I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this <strong>thrilling</strong> to go so far, so fast' <em>The Times</em></p><p>January 2001: A small ship, led by wealthy Scotsman Daniel Hamilton, arrives in the Sundarbans, a vast archipelago of islands in the mythical river Ganges, a half-drowned land where the waters of the Himalayas merge with the incoming tides of the sea.</p><p>In the Sundarbans the tides reach more than 100 miles inland, and every day thousands of hectares of forest disappear only to re-emerge hours later. Dense as the mangrove forests are, from Hamilton's point of view, it is only a little less barren than a desert.</p><p>The eccentric Scotsman and the scientists on board the ship disembark to study this little-known environment, and to trace the journeys of the descendants of this society. Their goal? To create a utopian society, of all races and religions, and conquer the might of the Sundarbans.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780007141784

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. UK