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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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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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
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053325
- Title
- The Holder of the World
- Author
- Mukherjee, Bharati
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394588460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588469
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Modern First Edition, Modern American Fiction, Modern American Novel, 20th century Fiction Novel Literature, literary, readers, reading, collectors, collecting, collections, printing, Media
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...