num_pages: 333
description: Off the easternmost corner of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans, where settlers live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. Piya Roy, a young American marine biologist of Indian descent, arrives in this lush, treacherous landscape in search of a rare species of river dolphin and enlists the aid of a local fisherman and a translator. Together the three of them launch into the elaborate backwaters, drawn unawares into the powerful political undercurrents of this isolated corner of the world that exact a personal toll as fierce as the tides.
language: English
title: The Hungry Tide
titlecomplete: The Hungry Tide
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Indian Literature, Literature, India, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 17890
places: Sundarbans
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Crossword Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial