"Hovering over these brisk waves, a couple of hundred yards away, was a shining disk we felt a sensation first, all through our bodies then I looked to see if George, who stood nearest to me, was still alive. ... No one. ... The first few years of a lifetime are the most influential of them all, a state of uncensored innocence and being truly naive. ... Innocence is one of the few things that cannot ever be returned. ... This particular section of the novel, of Sinbad's preliminary encounter on this new land, closely emulates the story of Adam and Eve, taken from the bible, out of t...

• Word Count: 3249
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This novel is divided into two broad sections: "The Ebb:Bhata" and "The Tide:Jowar." The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans, an archipelago of hundreds of scattered islands, some densely populated while others completely uninhabited, at the mohona of several rivers in the Bay of Bengal. ... For hundreds of years, only the truly dispossessed braved the man-eating tigers, snakes and the crocodiles who rule these fragmented islands. ... The couple came to Lusibari in the years following independence when Nirmal's radical political became too dangerous in Calcutta and...

• Word Count: 3979
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate