{"product_id":"gun-island","title":"Gun Island;  Amitav Ghosh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBundook\u003c\/i\u003e. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 which will upend everything he thought he knew about himself, about the Bengali legends of his childhood and about the world around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGun Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully realised novel which effortlessly spans space and time. It is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and unstoppable transition. But it is also a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the world and the future is restored by two remarkable women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 10, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmitav Ghosh is one of India's best-known writers. His books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Circle of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Lines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn An Antique Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDancing in Cambodia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Calcutta Chromosome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Glass Palace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncendiary Circumstances\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Tide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His most recent novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSea of Poppies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is the first volume of the Ibis Trilogy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied in Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Alexandria and Oxford and his first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned a doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel, which was published in 1986.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Circle of Reason\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Prix Medicis Etranger, one of France's top literary awards, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Lines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Calcutta Chromosome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for 1997 and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Glass Palace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Grand Prize for Fiction at the Frankfurt International e-Book Awards in 2001. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Tide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won the Hutch Crossword Book Prize in 2006. In 2007 Amitav Ghosh was awarded the Grinzane Cavour Prize in Turin, Italy. Amitav Ghosh has written for many publications, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHindu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and he has served on the juries of several international film festivals, including Locarno and Venice. He has taught at many universities in India and the USA, including Delhi University, Columbia, the City University of New York and Harvard. He no longer teaches and is currently writing the next volume of the Ibis Trilogy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is married to the writer, Deborah Baker, and has two children, Lila and Nayan. He divides his time between Kolkata, Goa and Brooklyn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647368655170,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/1b75c0_930748a4a99142fda585e2da8454c239_mv2.jpg?v=1677802224","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/gun-island","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}