β Amitav Ghosh
π Fiction
π
2019
π Penguin Random House India Private Limited
π English
β 195 KB
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Gun Island
β Scribed by Amitav Ghosh
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 243 KB
- Edition
- First American edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
From the award-winning author of the bestselling epic Ibis trilogy comes a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family and heritage
Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one that turns Deen Datta's world upside down.
A dealer of rare books, Deen 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...
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