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The Siege of Krishnapur
$58.31
- Hardcover
728 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2012
Summary
J. G. Farrell published three loosely associated novels about the end of empire, of which two - both winners of the Booker Prize - are included in this volume.
Inspired by the Indian Mutiny of 1857, The Siege of Krishnapur is set in the fictional town of that name where a British garrison withstands a four-month siege by mutineers. Eventually rescued after undergoing terrible privations, the leading characters all find their ideals tested and their smug assumptions of militar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593449 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1841593443 |
| Author: | J.G. Farrell, John Sutherland |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 728 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 753g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 132mm x 39mm |
| Series: | Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics |
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For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece
For a novel to be witty is one thing, to tell a good story is another, to be serious is yet another, but to be all three is surely enough to make it a masterpiece * New Statesman *
About The Author
J.G. Farrell
J.G. Farrell was born in Liverpool in 1935 and spent a good deal of his life abroad, including periods in France and North America, and then settled in London where he wrote most of his novels. In April 1979 he went to live in County Cork where only four months later he was drowned in a fishing accident.
John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College London and currently teaches at the California Institute of Technology. He writes regularly for the Guardian and is the author of many books including The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction, biographies of Scott and Spender, and The Boy Who Loved Books, a memoir.
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