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Amitav ghosh, indianborn writer whose ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of india and southeast asia. Coetzee there is no denying ghoshs command of culture and history. With only few real characters who come to life every time they aw mentioned, the story takes you through from the golden land. Buy the glass palace book online at low prices in india. Free download the glass palace pdf, 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. Amitav ghosh was born in calcutta in 1956 and raised and educated in bangladesh, india, and the united kingdom, where he received his ph.
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His novels included sea of poppies, river of smoke, and flood of fire, which collectively form the ibis trilogy. The novel is set in burma, bengal, india, and malaya, spans a century from the fall of the konbaung dynasty in mandalay, through the second world war to modern times. The novel is set in burma, bengal, india, and malaya, spans a century from the british invasion of burma and the consequent fall of the konbaung dynasty in mandalay, through the second world war to late 20th century. Praise for the glass palace an absorbing story of a world in transition, brought to life through characters who love and suffer with equal intensity. During the british invasion of 1885, when soldiers force the royal. Amitav was awarded the padma shri by the indian government in 2007 and selected a fellow of the royal society of literature in 2009. The responses to reserve the glass palace some other visitors will be able to come to a decision in regards to ebook. Pdf the glass palace book by amitav ghosh free download.
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