11+ The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh Pics. Copyright © amitav ghosh 2000, 2008. A novel of fever, delirium and discovery shadow lines in an antique land the circle of reason.
The glass palace falls into the family saga category (albeit characterized by rigorous historical research and analysis), and so there is love, death in this book, ghosh uses personal stories to shed light on the social, political, and historical changes in burma, india, and malaysia at the close of the.
Published in viking by penguin books india and ravi dayal publisher 2008. Amitav ghosh is a popular novelist, journalist, anthropologist and professor whose latest novel, the glass palace, addresses the relationship between india and burma during the british colonial period. The novel is set in burma, bengal, india, and malaya, spans a century from the british invasion of burma and the consequent fall of the konbaung dynasty in mandalay, through the second world war to late 20th century. Amitav ghosh was born in calcutta and spent his childhood in bangladesh, sri lanka, and northern india.
