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The Glass Palace : a novel / Amitav Ghosh

By:

Ghosh, Amitav

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2002, c2000.Description: 551 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780006514091

Subject(s):

Burma -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

FIC GHO

LOC classification:

PR9499.3.G536 G58 2001

Summary: Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this novel 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. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this novel.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC GHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		050463

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Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this novel 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. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this novel.

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