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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-10
1501280767
ISBN-13
9781501280764
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212041818
Product Key Features
Book Title
In an Antique Land : History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale
Author
Amitav Ghosh
Format
CD MP3
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Travel, History
Dimensions
Item Length
6.8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.2in
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
962/.02/0922
Dewey Edition
20
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