Gun island /
Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
Gun island / Amitav Ghosh. - First American edition. - 313 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published in 2019 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain.
A dealer of rare books, Dr. Deen Datta is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali-American who sets his journey in motion; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who opens Deen's eyes to the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, with his desperate attempt to help someone in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story they are all a part of. It is a journey that will upend everything he thought he knew about himself, about the Bengali legends of his childhood, and about the world around him.
9780374167394 0374167397
2019944656
Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.
East Indian Americans--Fiction.
Self-realization--Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.
Novels.
Gun island / Amitav Ghosh. - First American edition. - 313 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published in 2019 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain.
A dealer of rare books, Dr. Deen Datta is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali-American who sets his journey in motion; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who opens Deen's eyes to the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, with his desperate attempt to help someone in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story they are all a part of. It is a journey that will upend everything he thought he knew about himself, about the Bengali legends of his childhood, and about the world around him.
9780374167394 0374167397
2019944656
Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.
East Indian Americans--Fiction.
Self-realization--Fiction.
Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.
Novels.