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Hungry Tide – Ghosh Amitav – Phantom Press – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-907943-24-7

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East of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies a labyrinth of tiny islands known as Shundarbun. The inhabitants of Shundarbun live in fear of the tides. This place is both beautiful and dangerous: tigers can appear out of nowhere, water can reshape the land in a matter of hours, and human life depends on the whims of nature. It is here that Piya Roy, a young American studying rare species of river dolphins, arrives. She doesn't speak Bengali and feels like an outsider in this beautiful, mysterious, and harsh land. Fate brings her together with two completely different people: a poor fisherman named Fokir, who understands nature better than any explorer, and a translator named Kanai, an educated and self-assured metropolitan. An adventure story about a journey through exotic places gradually develops into a reflection on the fragility of humanity and civilization. Through the stories of Piya, Fokir, and Kanai, Amitav Ghosh explores the clash of science and traditional knowledge, the city and the wild, rationality and intuition. Each character attempts to understand not only the world around them but also themselves—their place in it, their fears, and their desires.
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