{"product_id":"the-hungry-tide-9780618711666","title":"The Hungry Tide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A sprawling, stormy, magnificent novel of India untamed.\" --\u003cem\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A certifiable page-turner.\"--\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Amitav Ghosh, award-winning and international bestselling author of the Ibis Trilogy, comes a contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions of the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBook World, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Finalist for the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is harsh in the Sundarbans, the treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. Piya Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, who has come here in search of a rare, endangered 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGhosh, Amitav:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956 and raised and educated in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India, and the United Kingdom, where he received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Oxford. Acclaimed for fiction, travel writing, and journalism, his books include \u003ci\u003eThe Circle of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn an Antique Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDancing in Cambodia\u003c\/i\u003e. Ghosh has won France's Prix Medici Etranger, India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the Pushcart Prize. He now divides his time between Harvard University, where he is a visiting professor, and his homes in India and Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626560524562,"sku":"9780618711666","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b30c2c27-e3e6-4a75-beb8-cfd25d15c378.jpg?v=1732661458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hungry-tide-9780618711666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}