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The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh

The Glass Palace By Amitav Ghosh

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh


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The Glass Palace Summary

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE

The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author

'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation' Financial Times

Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of social and political chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her.

From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, an unforgettable story of love, war and family. Spanning three generations, in Burma, Malaya and India, The Glass Palace is an extraordinary epic.

The Glass Palace Reviews

'Fascinating and seductive' THE TIMES

'A distinctive voice, polished and profound' TLS

Ambitious and 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

An absorbing story of a world in transition, brought to life through characters who love and suffer with equal intensity J. M. COETZEE

'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East'INDEPENDENT

'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation'FINANCIAL TIMES

About Amitav Ghosh

A celebrated contemporary writer and thinker Amitav Ghosh is the author of bestselling works including The Glass Palace and The Hungry Tide as well as the loosely connected trilogy of novels Sea of Poppies (which was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction), River of Smoke and Flood of Fire.

Additional information

NGR9780008683542
9780008683542
0008683549
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
New
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
2024-06-06
560
N/A
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