Ghost-eye: A Novel

Author: Amitav Ghosh

ISBN: 978-9373073439

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About This BookPast and present collide in a novel about a girl who might just be a 'case of the reincarnation type'Varsha Gupta wants fish for her lunch. Her family can't understand it; the three-year-old has never tasted fish in her life. The Guptas are strict vegetarians and don't allow it inside their Calcutta mansion. But Varsha claims she can remember another life: a mud house by a river where she caught and cooked fish with a different mother.Perplexed, the Guptas turn to Dr Shoma Bose, a psychiatrist who has been investigating what are known as 'cases of the reincarnation type' for years. But Shoma's understanding of the world is changed forever by Varsha's revelations. Half a century later, when Varsha's therapeutic case file catches the attention of a group of environmental activists, Shoma's nephew Dinu is drawn inexorably into their plans. And as Dinu finds himself caught up in the search for Varsha, buried memories of his own past begin to surface. Travelling between late-sixties' Calcutta and present-day Brooklyn, Ghost-Eye is an urgent and expansive novel from one of our greatest living storytellers, about family, fate and our fragile planet. Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: Amitav GhoshPublisher: ‎ Fourth Estate IndiaFormat: Hardcover – 15 December 2025Language: ‎ EnglishPages: 336ISBN: ‎ 978-9373073439Dimensions: ‎ 23.5 x 15.3 x 2 cmWeight: ‎ 560 g

Edition details: Hardcover – 15 December 2025, English, 336 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-9373073439.

About the Author

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta, and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; he studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria. He is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction including The Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, the Ibis Trilogy (comprising the novels Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke and Flood of Fire), Gun Island, The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg's Curse, Jungle Nama and The Living Mountain. Amitav Ghosh's work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He has been awarded and felicitated across the world.In 2019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thinkers of the past decade. The same year, the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, was conferred on him: he was the first English-language writer to receive it. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Erasmus Prize for his writings on the planetary crisis and climate change.

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• Published by Fourth Estate India.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 336.

Catalog Description

About This BookPast and present collide in a novel about a girl who might just be a 'case of the reincarnation type'Varsha Gupta wants fish for her lunch. Her family can't understand it; the three-year-old has never tasted fish in her life. The Guptas are strict vegetarians and don't allow it inside their Calcutta mansion. But Varsha claims she can remember another life: a mud house by a river where she caught and cooked fish with a different mother.Perplexed, the Guptas turn to Dr Shoma Bose, a psychiatrist who has been investigating what are known as 'cases of the reincarnation type' for years. But Shoma's understanding of the world is changed forever by Varsha's revelations. Half a...

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