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This Is A Contemporary Literary Fiction Novel That Blends A Family Saga With A Haunting Question Of Memory And Identity. At The Center Is A Young Girl Who Might Carry The Memories Of Another Life, A Household Bound By Tradition In Calcutta, And A Mystery That Stretches Across Decades. The Intended Reader Is Adults Who Relish Character-Driven Stories, Atmosphere, And Moral Complexity. The Emotional Tone Is Contemplative Yet Urgent, Inviting Readers To Weigh The Ties That Bind A Family To History And A World In Flux.
Presented As A Story-Led Journey, The Book Follows A Psychiatrist Who Has Spent Years Studying Memory And Unexplainable Recollections As She Helps A Family Interpret A Child's Unsettling Claims. The Narrative Widens To Reveal How A Past-Life Memory Intersects With A Modern Movement Seen Through Distant Relatives And An Active Circle Of Environmentalists, Raising Questions About Fate, Responsibility, And Belonging.
Readers Move Between Late-1960S Calcutta And Present-Day Brooklyn, Watching How Intimate Memory Collides With Public Action And How Generations Navigate Tradition And Change. The Prose Is Lyrical And Cinematic, Carrying Readers Through Intimate Scenes, Sharp Questions From The Medical World, And The Sweeping Drama Of A Planet In Peril.
Finishing This Novel Leaves Readers With A Deeper Appreciation For Memory’S Reach, The Resilience Of Family, And The Ways Individual Stories Connect To Global Concerns About The Environment. It Invites Curiosity, Empathy, And A Sense Of Wonder About How The Past Shapes The Present—And How Healing Can Extend Beyond One Life To Influence Many.
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Author
Amitav Ghosh
Publisher
Harper Collins
Number of Pages
336
Language
English
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Amitav Ghosh (Born 11 July 1956), Is A Bengali Indian Author Best Known For His Work In English Fiction. Bio From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Photo By David Shankbone (Own Work) [Gfdl (Http://Www.Gnu.Org/Copyleft/Fdl.Html) Or Cc-By-Sa-3.0 (Http://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/3.0/)], Via Wikimedia Commons. Amitav Ghosh Was Born In Calcutta In 1956 And Raised And Educated In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India And The United Kingdom, Where He Received His Ph.D. In Social Anthropology From Oxford. Acclaimed For Fiction, Travel Writing And Journalism, His Books Include The Circle Of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land And Dancing In Cambodia. His Previous Novel, The Glass Palace, Was An International Bestseller That Sold More Than A Half-Million Copies In Britain. Recently Published There, The Hungry Tide Has Been Sold For Translation In Twelve Foreign Countries And Is Also A Bestseller Abroad. Ghosh Has Won France'S Prix Medici Etranger, India'S Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, The Arthur C. Clarke Award And The Pushcart Prize. He Now Divides His Time Between Harvard University, Where He Is A Visiting Professor And His Homes In India And Brooklyn, New York. Amitav Ghosh Is An Award-Winning Novelist And Essayist. His Most Recent Book Is The Great Derangement. Amitav Ghosh Is The Author Of Ten Highly Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Non-Fiction Which Include The Booker Prize Shortlisted Sea Of Poppies (Book One Of The Ibis Trilogy), River Of Smoke, The Glass Palace And The Shadow Lines. He Has Won Numerous Prizes, Some Of Which Are The Sahitya Akademi Award, The Pushcart Prize And The Grinzane Cavour Prize. He Divides His Time Between New York And India.
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