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Grave, classical in form, prestige and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- James Gordon Farrell
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 344
- Publisher
- Generic, Orion., Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- und, English, French, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780786704842
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First sentence
“Anyone who has never before visited Krishnapur, and who approaches from the east, is likely to think he has reached the end of his journey a few miles sooner than he expected.”
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