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008			210729t20022000nyub b 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780006514091
050	0	0	_aPR9499.3.G536 _bG58 2001
082	1		_aFIC GHO _2
100	1		_aGhosh, Amitav
245	1	4	_aThe Glass Palace _b: a novel _c/ Amitav Ghosh
260			_aNew York _b: Random House Trade Paperbacks _c, 2002, c2000.
300			_a551 p. _c; 20 cm
520			_aSet 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.
546			_aEnglish
651		4	_aBurma _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
655		4	_aLove stories
942			_cMO
999			_c254373 _d254373