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The Hungry Tide by Amitava Ghosh

The Hungry tide by Amitava Ghosh is one of its kind book .

With his beautifully evocative writing , the author manages to transport us wholly to the Sunderbans ..The Sunderbans with its mysterious islands , its unpredictable storms and cyclones ,with its plethora of flora and fauna ….The landscape is of a supreme importance in this novel as is suggested by its title “The Hungry Tide” . This…

Mini Book Review-Flood of Fire

Book -Flood of Fire

Author-Amitava Ghosh

Flood of Fire is the last book in the Ibis Trilogy by Amitava Ghosh. It brings closure to all the characters we meet in the earlier books, their lives intertwining over the space of the 3 books. Just like the previous two books, this one too is brilliantly researched and the amount of detailing is phenomenal.

Flood of Fire By Amitava Ghosh

Against the…

Book Review-Sea of Poppies

Book -Sea of Poppies

Author-Amitava Ghosh

I immensely enjoy Amitava Ghosh’s writings. Of the contemporary Indian authors who write in English , I rate him highly . And so ,I was really looking forward to reading the Sea of Poppies . This book is the first in the Ibis Trilogy .

The story is set in the 1830’s when China is on the cusp of the Opium Wars . The beautiful ,gay ,white flowers of poppy…