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In An Antique Land Is A Rich, Genre-Blending Exploration Of EgyptโS Long History And Its Connections To India And Beyond. Part Travel Writing, Part History, And Part Anthropology, Amitav Ghosh Guides Curious ReadersโHistorians, Travelers, And Lovers Of Literary NonfictionโThrough A Seamless Meditation On How Cultures Touch And Transform One Another. The Tone Is Lyrical, Intelligent, And Quietly Adventurous, Inviting Adults And Thoughtful Readers To Rethink Boundaries Of Time, Place, And Narrative.
In An Antique Land Weaves Archival Fragments, Vivid Travel Episodes, And Intimate Portraits Into A Narrative That Feels Both Scholarly And Warmly Human. It Is Not A Conventional History But A Living Conversation Across Centuries, Moving From Crusades-Era Egypt To More Recent Turns Of Memory. The Experience Is Immersive And Accessible, With A Pace That Shifts Between Striking Scenes And Reflective Prose, Making Complex Ideas Vivid, Personal, And Deeply Engaging.
After Finishing In An Antique Land, Readers Gain A Deeper Sense Of How Connected The World Has Long BeenโHow Trade Routes, Migrations, And Shared Stories Knit Together Communities Across Oceans. It Leaves You Feeling Wiser, More Open To Complexity, And Inspired To View HistoryโAnd Our PresentโWith Renewed Curiosity And Empathy.
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Author
Amitav Ghosh
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Penguin Random House
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BK0032279
ISBN
9780143066491
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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.