![]() ![]() The people of the tide country have thus grown accustomed to the region’s instability and fluidity which is reflected in their understanding of the space and expressed through the narratives which revolve around the place they inhabit. Cyclones, monsoons and storms frequently visit the large archipelago forcing inhabitants to constantly build and rebuild their lives. The Sundarbans are a place where “the contours of the land constantly change with the ebb and flow of water” (Anand 23) and where “islands are made and unmade in days” (Ghosh 2004, 224). A large archipelago of islands, the Sundarbans span over 10.000 square kilometres and are characterized by numerous tidal rivers, channels and creeks with “water covering roughly half area” (Pletcher). The Sundarbans, or the tide country as it is referred to by the novel’s protagonists, are a “vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the River delta in southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, and southern Bangladesh” (Pletcher). ![]() Introduction: The SundarbansĪmitav Ghosh’s 2004 novel The Hungry Tide revolves around the lives of people travelling through or living in the Sundarbans. ![]() “or in those words there was a history that is not just his own but also of this place, the tide country” (Ghosh 2004, 354) 1. The Construction of Place Through Embedded Narratives Theoretical Framework: The Spatial Turn and Cultural Geographyģ. ![]()
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