
Gun Island
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Sagar Arya
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By:
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Amitav Ghosh
From the award-winning author of the best-selling 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 legends of his childhood, and about the world around him.
Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island is a beautifully realized novel that 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.
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Wonderful read
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Loved the story and the narrator
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Promising Start, but ultimately a letdown
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I loved this book. The allegories led me down a path of philosophical introspection. It lent me new perspectives ranging from cultural xenophobia to the spiritual. It gave me an introduction to the voice of the past being heard today along with showing the way a place or setting speaks to a character and, so, to the reader.
It’s a well written story and I highly recommend it.
Bravissimo!
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Beautiful
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Tedious
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Wonderful
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not what I was expecting and I really enjoyed it.
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A wonderful story
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slow build beauty
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