內容簡介
內容簡介 "A sprawling, stormy, magnificent novel of India untamed." --O: The Oprah Magazine"A certifiable page-turner."--Boston GlobeFrom Amitav Ghosh, award-winning and international bestselling author of the Ibis Trilogy, comes a contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity, and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions of the world.A Washington Post Book World, San Francisco Chronicle, and Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year - A Finalist for the Kiriyama Prize for FictionLife is harsh in the Sundarbans, the treacherous islands in the Bay of Bengal where isolated inhabitants live in fear of drowning tides and man-eating tigers. Piya Roy is a young marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, who has come here in search of a rare, endangered river dolphin. She enlists the aid of a local fisherman and a translator, and soon their fates on the waterways will be determined by the forces of nature and human folly.
最佳賣點
最佳賣點 : A contemporary story of adventure and romance, identity and history brings two outsiders deep into the tiny islands known as the Sundarbans off the coast of India where life is ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attack by Bengal tigers.