000			01731cam a2200217 i 4500
008			190626s2019 nyu 000 1 eng
020			_a9781250757937
035			_p14884
040			_cAE-ShKH
050	1	4	_aPR9499.3.G536 _bG86 2019
100	1		_aGhosh, Amitav, _d1956- _eauthor. _96150
245	1	0	_aGun island : _ba novel / _cAmitav Ghosh.
250			_aFirst American edition.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2019.
300			_a313 pages ; _c24 cm
500			_aOriginally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2019.
520			_a"It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure that has long haunted Deen's imagination--Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depts of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins an unforgettable journey both inward and outward, and moving across continents. As Deen's journey progresses, he confronts a changing world and encounters a cast of characters who will unsettle everything he thought he kenw about himself. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali American who helps launch his journey; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who shows Deen the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, desperate to help those in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story that binds them all."--Dust jacket front flap.
650		0	_aEmigration and immigration _vFiction.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _vFiction. _94606
650		0	_aHindu mythology _vFiction.
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