01956cam a2200301 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000300008804000230011804200080014105000280014908200190017710000350019624500430023125000280027426400500030230000230035233600260037533700280040133800270042950000790045652010170053565000410155265000310159365000300162421042784OSt20231004162905.0190626s2019    nyu           000 1 eng    a  2019944656  a9780374167394q(hardback)  aDLCbengcDLCerda  apcc00aPR9499.3.G536bG86 201900a823.914bGHO/G1 aGhosh, Amitav,d1956-eauthor.10aGun island :ba novel /cAmitav Ghosh.  aFirst American edition. 1aNew York :bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,c2019.  a313 pages ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aOriginally published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers) in 2019.  a"It is in his hometown of Kolkata where Dr. Deen Datta meets, by chance, a distant relative who upends his world with the mention of a figure that has long haunted Deen's imagination--Bonduki Sadagar, the mysterious Gun Merchant of Bengali legend. A Brooklyn-based dealer in rare books, Deen, on the cusp of retirement, suddenly finds himself propelled into the depts of the snake-infested Sundarbans, in search of a shrine to the Merchant. Thus begins an unforgettable journey both inward and outward, and moving across continents. As Deen's journey progresses, he confronts a changing world and encounters a cast of characters who will unsettle everything he thought he kenw about himself. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali American who helps launch his journey; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who shows Deen the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, desperate to help those in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story that binds them all."--Dust jacket front flap. 0aEmigration and immigrationvFiction. 0aClimatic changesvFiction. 0aHindu mythologyvFiction.