Aiwa Maru

A young Indian seaman sets out on a hazardous voyage from Hong Kong aboard the M.T. Aiwa Maru-a blacklisted vessel that has been banned from sailing. Although wary of the risks involved in his new assignment Anant is mesmerized by the ship. But the terrors of the open sea are not the only perils that beset the multiracial crew of the Aiwa Maru. With the arrival of the Second Engineer's beautiful young wife Ujjwala Anant finds himself irresistibly drawn to her even as matters aboard this bewitching vessel spin dangerously out of control. A cult novel in the original Marathi Aiwa Maru is a dark and thrilling tale of passion greed obsession and adventure. About the Author Anant Samant has worked as a chief steward and navigating officer on tankers container carriers bulk carriers live stock carriers cargo vessels. His first novel M.T. Aiwa Maru shocked Marathi readers with its bold style and the never-seen-before world it invoked. Even after twenty years it is a bestseller and the only novel of its kind in Marathi literature. Prashant Pethe went out to sea at the age of 18 after high school. Before he went out to sea a teacher from school tried to dissuade him from doing so by giving him M.T. Aiwa Maru to read. Reading this novel made Prashant even more determined to becoma a seaman.