as promised: some handy links for further reading...

You can find the the map of the Sundarbans @ the start of The Hungry Tide @
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hungry-Tide-A-Novel/dp/B003IWYKOO#reader_B003IWYKOO

Albert Camus’ 1957 lecture, “Create Dangerously":
http://www.nathanielturner.com/createdangerouslycamus.htm

Jane Tompkins, "Sentimental Power: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Politics of Literary History,"
Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction:
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/english/NEH/TOMPKINS.HTM

Lauren Berlant, "The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy and Politics":
http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/politicalfeeling/files/2007/09/berlant-lauren-th_subject_of_true_feeling.pdf