The Hungry Tide

By: Amitav Ghosh

Narrated by: Firdous Bamji

Internationally best-selling author Amitav Ghosh, winner of the Pushcart Prize and numerous other prestigious accolades, pens a sweeping novel full of romantic adventure. Favorably compared to the masterworks of Joseph Conrad and V.S. Naipaul, The Hungry Tide is an atmospheric tale set in a world of wondrous sights...and terrible danger.

Off the eastern coast of India lies an extraordinary cluster of islands known as the Sundarbans. It is a raw but beautiful area, a place of man-eating tigers, river dolphins, huge crocodiles, and devastating tides that sweep across the terrain without remorse. In this exotic land, marine biologist Piya, fisherman Fokir, and translator Kanai meet. As they travel deep into the remote archipelago, they experience a territory at risk not only from natural disaster, but also from human foolishness and volatile politics.

Hailed as "a novelist of dazzling ingenuity" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Ghosh delivers a rich and evocative story of profound truths staged against an unforgettable backdrop.

©2005 Amitav Ghosh (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Another triumph of gorgeous writing, intelligent romance, and keen philosophical inquiries." (Booklist)
"One doesn't so much read Ghosh's masterful fifth novel as inhabit his characters and the alluring if treacherous Sundarban archipelago." (Publishers Weekly)

Mangroves in India, watercraft, mud swamps, dolph

dolphin research and characters not found at the mall, makes fascinated reading, I read it 3 times.

Engaging story, beautifully read.

I recommend this book to all who love complex story lines set in times and places remote and not well known.

Terrific reading. Such a masterful command of primarily five different accents in English.

This expert reading does justice to a complexly intertwined story filled with highly memorable characters who go through great change in the course of the tale.

Unique Setting, Complex Characters

This is another brilliant work by Ghosh. The geographical and historical detail and sensitivity with which he describes the remote ( unless you live there, of course) area of the Sunderbans is remarkable.
Although the narrator enlivens the reading with his convincing characterizations - no small accomplishment given the combination of accents and characters - the pace drags at times.

Ghosh just gets better and better

I enjoyed this book so much. What truly surprised me was Ghosh's ability to write such a sensitive and believable female character, and even fully imagine her reaction to the overbearing, patronizing male characters. As always, the extensive research and detailed settings pay off in a big way. The hours passed happily while listening to this book.