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The Holder of the World
by Mukherjee, Bharati
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394588460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588469
- Seller
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About This Item
USA: HarperCollins/Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Former owner name on front endpaper, otherwise book is in Fine Condition. A complex story about the dislocation and transformation that arise in the face of a meeting of cultures, and so here we have a meeting of a Puritan American and a Mughal Indian, who begin to deconstruct the barriers of time and geography as they begin to move towards an understanding of each other's life experiences and culture. Nice clean and unmarked volume bound in black half cloth with gilt titles, black boards, tight & solid. Interior pristine with clean, unmarked, white pages. Glossy, clean, unclipped jacket. 286 pages. 8.75 x 6 inches. HarperCollins/Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Synopsis
The Holder of the World, (1993) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. It is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne 's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, placing the story in two centuries (17th and 20th). The novel involves time travel through virtual reality, locating itself in 20th century Boston, 17th century Colonial America, and 17th century India during the spread of the British East India Company. It also references Thomas Pynchon's novel, V..
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027390
- Title
- The Holder of the World
- Author
- Mukherjee, Bharati
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394588460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588469
- Publisher
- HarperCollins/Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- AMERICANS TRAVEL ITALY PURITANS NEW ENGLAND INDIA
- X weight
- 0 oz
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