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Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Amitav Ghosh
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 560
- Publisher
- Anagrama, Penguin Canada, Random House
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- Portuguese, English, German, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780670082209
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“There was only one person in the food-stall who knew exactly what that sound was that was rolling in across the plain, along the silver curve of the Irrawaddy, to the western wall of Mandalay's fort.”
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