Exploring Porous Borders in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and Gun Island.
In The Hungry Tide (2004) and Gun Island (2019), Amitav Ghosh sheds light on how water borders, with the Sundarbans and the Venetian estuary, reveal the vulnerability of people and animals alike. Water constantly reshapes landscapes and conjures up an aesthetic of uncertainty. Building on ecocritica...
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2025
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | In The Hungry Tide (2004) and Gun Island (2019), Amitav Ghosh sheds light on how water borders, with the Sundarbans and the Venetian estuary, reveal the vulnerability of people and animals alike. Water constantly reshapes landscapes and conjures up an aesthetic of uncertainty. Building on ecocritical readings of the novels, this essay will highlight how porous borders bring into focus the life of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. |
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