01884cam a2200325 i 4500 390678215 TxAuBib 20190919120000.0 190719s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2019021459 9780374167394 27.00 0374167397 27.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Ghosh, Amitav, 1956- Gun Island [BOOK] / Amitav Ghosh. First American edition. New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2019. 313 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel"--Jacket. Originally published in 2019 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain. A dealer of rare books, Dr. Deen Datta 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. 20190919. Self-realization Fiction. East Indian Americans Fiction. Quests (Expeditions) Fiction. Booksellers and bookselling Fiction.