The Hungry Tide

In den Sundarbans, einem Mangrovenwaldgebiet im Mündungsdelta des Ganges, regelmäßig überschwemmt von einer gierigen Flut, gründete ein reicher Schotte einst eine utopische Gesellschaft, offen für alle Rassen und Religionen. Im Jahre 2001 nun stößt eine Gruppe Wissenschaftler auf die Spuren der Nachkommen ...

Informationen zum Autor Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied at the Doon School; St. Stephens College; Delhi University; Oxford University; and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alexandria. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned his doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel. In February 2004 Amitav Ghosh was appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. He is married with two children and lives in New York. Klappentext From the author of "The Glass Palace" the widely-acclaimed bestseller, this is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. An eccentric, wealthy Scotsman enters the deadly terrain of the Sundarbans to conduct an ecological survey and trace the journeys of the descendants of the society. "Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer" "The Times" Also appeared in February Buyer's Notes Zusammenfassung Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Autorentext

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied at the Doon School; St. Stephens College; Delhi University; Oxford University; and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alexandria. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned his doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel.
In February 2004 Amitav Ghosh was appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. He is married with two children and lives in New York.

Klappentext

From the author of "The Glass Palace" the widely-acclaimed bestseller, this is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal. An eccentric, wealthy Scotsman enters the deadly terrain of the Sundarbans to conduct an ecological survey and trace the journeys of the descendants of the society. "Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer" "The Times" Also appeared in February Buyer's Notes

Zusammenfassung
Fom the author of The Glass Palace, the widely-acclaimed bestseller. The Hungry Tide is a rich, exotic saga set in Calcutta and in the vast archipelago of islands in the Bay of Bengal.