by Amitav Ghosh · Neri Pozza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788854517608
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
Deen Datta, a rare book dealer from Brooklyn with roots in Bengal, finds himself on an extraordinary journey after hearing the legend of Bonduki Sadagar, the 'Gun Island' merchant. What begins as a piece of folklore about the snake goddess Manasa Devi evolves into an odyssey that takes him from the Sundarbans to Los Angeles and Venice. Through this journey, the novel explores the deep tension between human profit and the wild. Amitav Ghosh weaves a fascinating narrative where ancient myths take on urgent meaning in our contemporary world, confronting the reader with the consequences of the war between progress and the environment.
