Summary
The Hungry Tide tells a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely
love, identity and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions on the
earth. Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the
immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers
here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by deadly tigers are common.
Unrest and eviction are constant threats. Without warning, at any time, tidal
floods rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake. In this
place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds
collide. Piyali Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but
stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin, Orcaella
brevirostris. 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.
The Morichjhanpi massacre incident of 1978-79, when government of West
Bengal forcibly evicted thousands of Bengali refugees who had settled on the
island, forms a background for some parts of the novel. The novel explores
topics like humanism and environmentalism, especially when they come into
a conflict of interest with each other.
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The Hungry Tide tells a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely
love, identity and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions on the
earth. Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the
immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers
here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by deadly tigers are common.
Unrest and eviction are constant threats. Without warning, at any time, tidal
floods rise and surge over the land, leaving devastation in their wake. In this
place of vengeful beauty, the lives of three people from different worlds
collide. Piyali Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but
stubbornly American, in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin, Orcaella
brevirostris. 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.
The Morichjhanpi massacre incident of 1978-79, when government of West
Bengal forcibly evicted thousands of Bengali refugees who had settled on the
island, forms a background for some parts of the novel. The novel explores
topics like humanism and environmentalism, especially when they come into
a conflict of interest with each other.
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