Gun Island
Novel by Amitav Ghosh
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Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down.A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is ... Google Books
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Ghosh centers his story on the two most fascinating waterlogged places in the world—Bengal and Venice. He offers rich historical detail along with insightful ...
Jun 5, 2019 · Bengali legend blends with contemporary adventure in a novel finding new ways to write about migration and climate breakdown.
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Gun Island is a contemporary novel worth savouring rather than devouring, and as we travel seamlessly between times and continents we are treated to an epic ...
Written by Amitav Ghosh in 2019, Gun Island focuses on the adventures of narrator Deen Dutta, an Indian rare books dealer living and working in America, ...
Amitav Ghosh's Gun Island is a beautifully realized novel that effortlessly spans space and time. It is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing ...
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Gun Island is a beautifully realised novel which effortlessly spans space and time. It is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and ...
Amitav Ghosh's latest novel, Gun Island, traces familiar crosscultural patterns evident in his earlier novels. There are journeys by land and water, ...
Sep 16, 2019 · Gun Island is a modern retelling of a Bengali myth that Ghosh grew up with. The goddess at the center of this myth is named Manasa Devi and ...
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From the award-winning author of the bestselling epic Ibis trilogy comes a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family and heritage.