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Jungle Nama
[Hardback - 2021]
amitav ghosh
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Category: Literature
Sub-category: Poetry
Additional Category: Folklore
Publisher: John Murray Uk | ISBN: 9781529349351 | Pages: 96
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One of the finest writers of his generation Financial Times

Thousands of islands rise from the rivers rich silts,
crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts.
This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth;
to a vast jungle that joins Ocean and Earth.

Jungle Nama is a beautifully illustrated verse adaptation of a legend from the Sundarbans, the world s largest mangrove forest. It tells the story of the avaricious rich merchant Dhona, the poor lad Dukhey, and his mother; it is also the story of Dokkhin Rai, a mighty spirit who appears to humans as a tiger, of Bon Bibi, the benign goddess of the forest, and her warrior brother Shah Jongoli.

Jungle Nama is the story of an ancient legend with urgent relevance to today s climate crisis. Its themes of limiting greed, and of preserving the balance between the needs of humans and nature have never been more timely.

Written in Amitav Ghosh s interpretation of the traditional Bengali verse meter, poyar, the poem is coupled with stunning illustrations from internationally renowned artist, Salman Toor.

About the Author

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India before studying in Delhi and Oxford university. He is the author of several novels, including Sea of Poppies, the first in the Ibis trilogy, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and six works of non-fiction, including The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. In 2015, he was named as a finalist of the Man Booker International Prize.

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