Express Shipping Info

Processing Order Please Wait

Once the process is finished,
you will be automatically
redirected to the order confirmation page.

Extra 10% off all orders from 12 to 9 am

MIDNIGHT10

cart-icon

Availability: Out of Stock

15% OFF
The Glass Palace

Availability: Out of Stock

15% OFF

The Glass Palace

By: Amitav Ghosh

(0)

Rs 2,095.00

Rs 1,780.75

You save Rs 314.25.

Due to constant currency fluctuation, prices are subject to change with or without notice.

Description
Book Details
Customer Reviews
The Acclaimed Author Of The Calcutta Chromosome And The Shadow Lines Has Burst Out On To The Big Stage With A Major Saga On That Hidden Country, Burma. Rajkumar Is Only Another Boy, Helping On A Market Stall In The Dusty Square Outside The Royal Palace, When The British Force The Burmese King, Queen And All The Court Into Exile. He Is Rescued By The Far-Seeing Chinese Merchant, And With Him Builds Up A Logging Business In Upper Burma. But Haunted By His Vision Of The Royal Family, He Journeys To The Obscure Town In India Where They Have Been Exiled. The Picture Of The Tension Between The Burmese, The Indian And The British, Is Excellent. Among The Great Range Of Characters Are One Of The Court Ladies, Miss Dolly, Whom He Marries: And The Redoubtable Jonakin, Part Of The British-Educated Indian Colony, Who With Her Husband Has Been Put In Charge Of The Burmese Exiled Court. The Story Follows The Fortunes Rubber Estates In Malaya, Businesses In Singapore, Estates In Burma Which Rajkumar, With His Chinese, British And Burmese Relations, Friends And Associates, Builds Up From 1870 Through The Second World War To The Scattering Of The Extended Family To New York And Thailand, London And Hong Kong In The Post-War Years.
Publication Date: 04/02/2002
Number of Pages: 560
Binding: Paper Back
ISBN: 9780006514091
Categories: Fiction Books Fiction Regional Fiction Hot Picks: Flat 15% Off 10% OFF

Write a review

Note: HTML is not translated!
Captcha
//