num_pages: 403
description: Between the sea and the plains of Bengal lies an immense archipelago of islands. Here, for hundreds of years, only the truly dispossessed braved the man-eating tigers and the crocodiles that rule there, to eke out a precarious existence from the mud.The settlers of the Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery labyrinth will never return. It is the arrival of Piya Roy, of Indian parentage but stubbornly American, and Kanai Dutt, a sophisticated Delhi businessman, that disturbs the delicate balance of settlement life. From this moment, the tide begins to turn.
language: English
title: The Hungry Tide
titlecomplete: The Hungry Tide
genres: Fiction, Historical, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 17895
places: Sundarbans
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Crossword Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Harper Collins