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The Glass Palace
by Amitav Ghosh
ISBN: 0002261022
ISBN-13: 9780002261029
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Beginning in 1885, this saga of Burma and Malaya encapsulates 115 years of history in the story of Rajkumar, who is 11 years old when the English invade his country. The boy grows up, becomes wealthy as a teak trader, and never ceases in his devotion to the beautiful and elusive Dolly, whom he glimpsed and fell in love with when they were children. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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"Ambitious, multigenerational, THE GLASS PALACE is a saga akin to a 19th-century Russian novel....[It] is crammed full of historical minutiae, as if the scholarly nonfiction writer in Ghosh could not resist squeezing in yet another detail....These nearly textbook descriptions sometimes detract from the flow of the story. Still, there is something irresistible about the novel's ambition and how thoroughly it dissects the impact of the British colonial enterprise. THE GLASS PALACE, like its far-ranging subject, is capacious; it reflects the author's own curiosity and hunger for understanding." -- Marina Budhos
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Ghosh renders the polite imprisonment of the Burmese royal family in India and the lush, dangerous atmosphere of teak camps...with fine detail-a perfect balance for the broad strokes of romance and serendipity that drive the story forward."
-- New Yorker
"There is no denying Ghosh's command of culture and history....[He] proves a writer of supreme skill and intelligence. But this very precision tends to sap the emotional intensity promised in the novel's opening pages." -- Stephen Amidon
-- Atlantic Monthly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.9 pounds
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