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Amitav Ghosh
September 18, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
FreeA 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. Amitav Ghosh‘s Gun Island (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) is a beautifully realized novel that effortlessly spans space and time – from the author of Sea of Poppies. 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.