The Glass Palace
$23.88
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2024
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008683542 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008683549 |
| Author: | Amitav Ghosh |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | The Borough Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 43mm |
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Critics Review
‘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 The Author
Amitav Ghosh
Born in Calcutta, the author grew up in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and northern India. Educated in India and Britain, they now live in New York.
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