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Glass Palace
Amitav Ghosh
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Description for Glass Palace
Paperback. The acclaimed author of 'The Calcutta Chromosome' and 'The Shadow Lines' has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 41. Weight in Grams: 390.
The acclaimed author of `The Calcutta Chromosome' and `The Shadow Lines' has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma. Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese king, queen and all the court into exile. He is rescued by the far-seeing Chinese merchant, and with him builds up a logging business in upper Burma. But haunted by his vision of ... Read more
The acclaimed author of `The Calcutta Chromosome' and `The Shadow Lines' has burst out on to the big stage with a major saga on that hidden country, Burma. Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese king, queen and all the court into exile. He is rescued by the far-seeing Chinese merchant, and with him builds up a logging business in upper Burma. But haunted by his vision of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Borough Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006514091
SKU
V9780006514091
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About Amitav Ghosh
The author was born in India of Burmese parents. Educated in India and Britain, he now lives in New York.
Reviews for Glass Palace
`A distinctive voice, polished and profound.' TLS `Ambitious, multigenerational, The Glass Palace is akin to a 19th-century Russian novel...a rich, layered epic that probes the meaning of identity and homeland.' LA Times ... Read more