false 996031 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791m/996031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791s/996031.jpg In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds collide. Piya Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin. Her journey begins with a disaster, when she is thrown from a boat into crocodile-infested waters. Rescue comes in the form of a young, illiterate fisherman, Fokir. Although they have no language between them, Piya and Fokir are powerfully drawn to each other, sharing an uncanny instinct for the ways of the sea. Piya engages Fokir to help with her research and finds a translator in Kanai Dutt, a businessman from Delhi whose idealistic aunt and uncle are longtime settlers in the Sundarbans. As the three of them launch into the elaborate backwaters, they are drawn unawares into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll that is every bit as powerful as the ravaging tide.
Already an international success, The Hungry Tide is a prophetic novel of remarkable insight, beauty, and humanity.]]> 4950 19 981525 book 2004 The Hungry Tide: A Novel total:912|5:211|4:385|3:245|2:60|1:11| 912 3461 1256 160 3369 3.80 4351 813 19738680 1067085 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.80 732 2004 5 3 false Tue Apr 08 13:36:07 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 14:45:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11052258 290574 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 17:25:33 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 17:35:47 -0800 2007 more...]]> 41786354 1457001 996031 0618329978 9780618329977 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791m/996031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791s/996031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/996031.The_Hungry_Tide 3.79 33 In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds collide. Piya Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin. Her journey begins with a disaster, when she is thrown from a boat into crocodile-infested waters. Rescue comes in the form of a young, illiterate fisherman, Fokir. Although they have no language between them, Piya and Fokir are powerfully drawn to each other, sharing an uncanny instinct for the ways of the sea. Piya engages Fokir to help with her research and finds a translator in Kanai Dutt, a businessman from Delhi whose idealistic aunt and uncle are longtime settlers in the Sundarbans. As the three of them launch into the elaborate backwaters, they are drawn unawares into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll that is every bit as powerful as the ravaging tide.
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This story has such an astonishing, heart-tugging ending, that I wish I had the time to read it again! What intrigued me about it is the setting: the Sundarbans, a group of thousands of islands in the bay of Bengal, India, bordering Bangladesh. Mr. Ghosh, ...more...]]> 78287425 2097607 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 23:28:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 23:01:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 55717530 182887 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 2 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 15:45:58 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 22:27:53 -0700 2009
OK, done: I really can't bear Gosh's style, the dialogue is completely implausible, with nearly every character speaking as though they're declaiming to the wind. He...more...]]> 43077386 899741 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 0 false Wed Jan 14 19:00:05 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 19:18:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36171266 1652278 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 08:21:47 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 08:22:28 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 25969432 890318 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 0 true Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 18:40:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 19:24:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 23326546 95244 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 13:34:32 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 14:03:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5157462 215382 822812 0143015575 9780143015574 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178691415m/822812.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178691415s/822812.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/822812.The_Hungry_Tide 3.70 90 The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide is a novel of adventure and romance set in the exotic Sundarbans -- treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. A headstrong young American arrives in this lush landscape to study a rare species of river dolphin. She enlists the aid of a local fisherman and a translator, and soon their fates on the waterways will be determined by the forces of nature and human folly.]]> 2004 3 0 false Thu Sep 13 22:41:19 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 00:18:19 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 22:40:51 -0700 2007 But thankfully, this turned out to be a worthy read, thanks to its fr...more...]]> 4106750 49732 996031 0618329978 9780618329977 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791m/996031.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180077791s/996031.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/996031.The_Hungry_Tide 3.79 912 In this place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds collide. Piya Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin. Her journey begins with a disaster, when she is thrown from a boat into crocodile-infested waters. Rescue comes in the form of a young, illiterate fisherman, Fokir. Although they have no language between them, Piya and Fokir are powerfully drawn to each other, sharing an uncanny instinct for the ways of the sea. Piya engages Fokir to help with her research and finds a translator in Kanai Dutt, a businessman from Delhi whose idealistic aunt and uncle are longtime settlers in the Sundarbans. As the three of them launch into the elaborate backwaters, they are drawn unawares into the hidden undercurrents of this isolated world, where political turmoil exacts a personal toll that is every bit as powerful as the ravaging tide.
Already an international success, The Hungry Tide is a prophetic novel of remarkable insight, beauty, and humanity.]]> 2004 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 10:04:38 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 10:04:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1637119 104848 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 3 0 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 03 18:49:39 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 23 16:10:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 45628367 1986674 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 5 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 06 23:33:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 23:37:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 13831673 733960 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 4 0 false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:34:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:31:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 64642428 1855732 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 23 08:22:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:30:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57251612 1076529 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 4 0 false Sun Jun 07 09:33:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:10:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:33:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 64907296 2426602 822812 0143015575 9780143015574 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178691415m/822812.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178691415s/822812.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/822812.The_Hungry_Tide 3.79 912 The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide is a novel of adventure and romance set in the exotic Sundarbans -- treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. A headstrong young American arrives in this lush landscape to study a rare species of river dolphin. She enlists the aid of a local fisherman and a translator, and soon their fates on the waterways will be determined by the forces of nature and human folly.]]> 2004 0 0 false Sat Jul 25 10:54:19 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 10:54:19 -0700 2009 here to find it in the catalogue.more...]]> 72663107 583914 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:02:42 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:08:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60273799 1162727 4950 061871166X 9780618711666 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025m/4950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516025s/4950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4950.The_Hungry_Tide_A_Novel 3.79 912 2004 4 0 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 03:59:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 04:04:04 -0700 2009
The book is definitely thought provoking, although the first half will almost put you in a coma. But the stories intertwine, the characters mix, what is bad is actually good, and what you thou...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=996031