by Amitav Ghosh · Emecé Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495908995
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«La marea hambrienta» is the novel by Amitav Ghosh, published by Emecé Editores in hardcover (430 pages, in Spanish).
In the Sundarbans archipelago, in the Ganges delta, biologist Piya searches for a rare dolphin, businessman Kanai investigates the diary of his deceased uncle, and fisherman Fokir guides them through the channels between tides and tigers. Their lives cross in a story about ecology, memory, and the clash between modernity and tradition.
Spanish edition of «The Hungry Tide» (2004); published in 2005 with illustrated dust jacket. Winner of the Crossword Book Award and nominated for the Kiriyama Prize.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in India, nature, and adventure stories with an ecological backdrop.
Amitav Ghosh is an American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
