The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation' Financial Times Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of social and political 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. From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, an unforgettable story of love, war and family. Spanning three generations, in Burma, Malaya and India, The Glass Palace is an extraordinary epic.

'Fascinating and seductive' THE TIMES

'A distinctive voice, polished and profound' TLS

‘Ambitious and multigenerational, The Glass Palace is akin to a 19th-century Russian novel… a rich, layered epic that probes the meaning of identity and homeland’ LA TIMES

‘An absorbing story of a world in transition, brought to life through characters who love and suffer with equal intensity’ JM. COETZEE

'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East'INDEPENDENT

'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his generation'FINANCIAL TIMES

A celebrated contemporary writer and thinker Amitav Ghosh is the author of bestselling works including The Glass Palace and The Hungry Tide as well as the loosely connected trilogy of novels Sea of Poppies (which was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction), River of Smoke and Flood of Fire.

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ISBN 13	9780008683542
ISBN 10	0008683549
Title	The Glass Palace
Author	Amitav Ghosh
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2024-06-06
Number of pages	560
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