Gun Island (Malayalam) Thokku Dweepu

About The Bookbundook. Gun. A Common Word, But One Which Turns Deen DattaS World Upside Down.A Dealer Of Rare Books, Deen Is Used To A Quiet Life Spent Indoors, But As His OnceSolid 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 BengaliAmerican Who Sets His Journey In Motion; Tipu, An Entrepreneurial Young Man Who Opens DeenS Eyes To The Realities Of Growing Up In TodayS 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.Gun Island 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.About The Authoramitav Ghosh Was Born In Calcutta In 1956. He Grew Up In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka And India. He Studied At The Universities Of Delhi And Oxford And Published The First Of Eight Novels, The Circle Of Reason, In 1986. The First Novel In His Ibis Trilogy, Sea Of Poppies, Was Shortlisted For The Man Booker Prize. He Received The Jnanpith Award In 2018.