{"product_id":"books-the-shadow-lines-by-amitav-ghosh","title":"The Shadow Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSea of Poppies\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel weaving history and memory together to create a rare work that balances formal ingenuity, heart, and mind (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one English, one Bengali--as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War I to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480533295377,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780618329960.jpg?v=1777548861","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-shadow-lines-by-amitav-ghosh","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}