摘要：Borders and boundaries are important ideas belong to postcolonial world and express postcolonial theory. Amitav Ghosh's novels are in accordance with the idea of constant crossing and recrossing or with rejection of borders and boundaries; this paper aims to examine how they are treated in The Hungry Tide . As memory provides the narrative trigger in this novel; Ghosh's mnemonic enterprise as part of his narrative management. As the title suggests; Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide centers on the shadowiness of existing borders.
关键词：Borders and Boundaries;Partition;nationalism;communalism
