In an Antique Land
of Amitav Ghosh
Description
Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexist with twentieth-century desires and discontents. But even as Ghosh sought to re-create the life of his Indian predecessor, he found himself immersed in those of his modern Egyptian neighbors.Combining shrewd observations with painstaking historical research, Ghosh serves up skeptics and holy men, merchants and sorcerers. Some of these figures are real, some only imagined, but all emerge as vividly as the characters in a great novel. In an Antique Land is an inspired work that transcends genres as deftly as it does eras, weaving an entrancing and intoxicating spell.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 400 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date March 29th 1994
- First Publication 10/28/93
- Language English
- ISBN 9780679727835
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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