THE HUNGRY TIDE Book Reviews
THE HUNGRY TIDE by Amitav Ghosh Book Summary
THE HUNGRY TIDE IS A RICH, EXOTIC SAGA SET IN CALCUTTA AND IN THE VAST ARCHIPELAGO OF ISLANDS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL. AN INDIAN MYTH SAYS THAT WHEN THE RIVER GANGES FIRST DESCENDED FROM THE HEAVENS, THE FORCE OF THE CASCADE WAS SO GREAT THAT THE EARTH WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE GOD SHIVA, WHO TAMED THE TORRENT BY CATCHING IT IN HIS DREADLOCKS. IT IS ONLY WHEN THE GANGES APPROACHES THE BAY OF BENGAL THAT IT FREES ITSELF AND SEPARATES INTO THOUSANDS OF WANDERING STRANDS. THE RESULT IS THE SUNDARBANS, AN IMMENSE STRETCH OF MANGROVE FOREST, A HALF-DROWNED LAND WHERE THE WATERS OF THE HIMALAYAS MERGE WITH THE INCOMING TIDES OF THE SEA. IT IS THIS VAST ARCHIPELAGO OF ISLANDS THAT PROVIDES THE SETTING FOR AMITAV GHOSH’S NEW NOVEL. 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 A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW IT IS ONLY A LITTLE LESS BARREN THAN A DESERT. THERE IS A TERRIBLE, VENGEFUL BEAUTY HERE, A PLACE TEEMING WITH CROCODILES, SNAKES, SHARKS AND MAN-EATING TIGERS. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH WHERE MAN IS MORE OFTEN PREY THAN PREDATOR. AND IT IS INTO THIS TERRAIN THAT AN ECCENTRIC, WEALTHY SCOTSMAN NAMED DANIEL HAMILTON TRIED TO CREATE A UTOPIAN SOCIETY, OF ALL RACES AND RELIGIONS AND CONQUER THE MIGHT OF THE SUNDARBANS. IN JANUARY 2001, A SMALL SHIP ARRIVES TO CONDUCT AN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THIS VAST BUT LITTLE-KNOWN ENVIRONMENT AND THE SCIENTISTS ON BOARD BEGIN TO TRACE THE JOURNEYS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THIS SOCIETY. हंग्री टाइड ही कलकत्ता आणि बंगालच्या उपसागरातील बेटांच्या विशाल द्वीपसमूहातील एक समृद्ध गाथा आहे. बेटांचा हा विशाल द्वीपसमूहच अमिताव घोष यांच्या नवीन कादंबरीची मांडणी करतो. सुंदरबनमध्ये समुद्राच्या भरती १०० मैलांपेक्षा जास्त अंतरापर्यंत पोहोचतात आणि दररोज हजारो हेक्टर जंगल नाहीसे होते आणि काही तासांनंतर पुन्हा उगवते. याच पार्श्वभूमीवर दुर्मीळ डॉल्फिनच्या शोधात आलेली पियाली, तिला डॉल्फिन शोधण्यात सहाय्यक ठरणारा फोकीर, कनाई या प्रमुख पात्रांभोवती फिरणारी ही कादंबरी घडते.खारफुटीच्या जंगलातली समृद्ध जलसंपदा, वाघोबाच्या भीतीनं आदिवासी जीवनात उदयाला आलेल्या लोककथा आणि जंगल भयाचं आव्हान पेलतही निसर्गावर मनमुराद प्रेम करणाऱ्या माणसांची ही गोष्ट आहे. जी सुंदरबनच्या जंगलातून अनहद प्रवास घडवते.
Book Name | THE HUNGRY TIDE |
Genre | Fiction & Literature |
Author | Amitav Ghosh |
Published | 19 August 2023, Saturday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 3.82 MB |
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The THE HUNGRY TIDE book written by Amitav Ghosh was published on 19 August 2023, Saturday in the Fiction & Literature category. A total of 68 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
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