The Glass Palace

Eine mitreißende Familiensaga und der erste große Roman Birmas, eines Landes zwischen Loyalität und Freiheitsdrang: von der Eroberung des Glaspalastes zu Mandalay 1885 bis in die heutige Zeit.

Zusatztext Rajkumar is only another boy! helping on a market stall in the dusty squareoutside he royal palace! when the British force the Burmese King! Queenand all the Court into exile. He is rescued by the far - seeing Chinesemerchant! and with him builds up a logging business in upper Burma. Buthaunted by his vision of the Royal Family! he journeys to the obscure townin India where they have been exiled... Informationen zum Autor Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied at the Doon School; St. Stephens College; Delhi University; Oxford University; and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alexandria. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned his doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel. In February 2004 Amitav Ghosh was appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. He is married with two children and lives in New York. Klappentext An extraordinary epic 'The Glass Palace' is a masterful novel of love! war and family and presents us with a band of memorable characters! spread across Burma! Malaya and India! and across three generations --before the door to Burma closes behind them! and the glittering light of that civilisation seems extinguished. Zusammenfassung The International Bestseller from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'An absorbing story of a world in transition' J. M. Coetzee 'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East' The Independent

Autorentext

Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied at the Doon School; St. Stephens College; Delhi University; Oxford University; and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alexandria. His first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned his doctorate at Oxford before he wrote his first novel.
In February 2004 Amitav Ghosh was appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. He is married with two children and lives in New York.

Klappentext

An extraordinary epic 'The Glass Palace' is a masterful novel of love, war and family and presents us with a band of memorable characters, spread across Burma, Malaya and India, and across three generations --before the door to Burma closes behind them, and the glittering light of that civilisation seems extinguished.

Zusammenfassung
The International Bestseller from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author 'An absorbing story of a world in transition' J. M. Coetzee 'A Doctor Zhivago for the Far East' The Independent