In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale by Ghosh, Amitav

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679727835)

Author: Amitav Ghosh
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Format: Paperback
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In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale by Ghosh, Amitav

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale

$17.00
In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale by Ghosh, Amitav

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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Once upon a time, an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out as 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 imagine, 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.

Author: Amitav Ghosh
ISBN-10: 0679727833
ISBN-13: 9780679727835
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 03/29/1994
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.66w x 0.88d
By Amitav Ghosh
By Amitav Ghosh
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Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and northern India. He studied in Delhi and Egypt and at Oxford and taught at various Indian and American universities. The author of five non-fiction books and eight acclaimed novels, Ghosh has also written for Granta, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Observer. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children. His titles Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire received critical acclaim.

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