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The Traveller's Bookshelf: three books for a rainy day
Three books we would pack.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy — a novel set in Kerala, with the monsoon and the river running through it. Read it for the language.
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert D. Kaplan — an account of the Indian Ocean world and its trade routes. Read it for the wider map.
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh — a novel of the Sundarbans, the tidal forests of the Bengal delta. Read it for a place shaped by water.
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