The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

'An exceptional writer' Peter Matthieson

‘A novelist of dazzling ingenuity' San Francisco Chronicle

'A distinctive voice, polished and profound' Times Literary Supplement

'An absorbing story of a world in transition, brought to life through characters who love and suffer with equal intensity.' JM Coetzee

'Ghosh is one of the most sympathetic post-colonial voices to be heard today. He looks at love and loyalty, and examines the question of Empire and responsibility, of tradition and modernity.’ Ahdaf Souief

'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation of Indians writing in English' Financial Times

'Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer…a deeply serious writer, sure of his human and historical insights and confident in his ability to communicate them. I cannot think of another contemporary writer with whom it would be this thrilling to go so far, so fast' The Times

The author was born in Calcutta and grew up in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern India. Educated in India and Britain, he now lives in New York.