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The Circle Of Reason
de Amitav Ghosh
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0241117267
- ISBN 13
- 9780241117262
- Librería
-
Tomball, Texas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
First UK Edition/First Printing with the correct statement on the copyright page; a Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this author's first novel. This book is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding and bright spine lettering on blue boards; moderate foxing to the page ends keeps it from being fine (foxing is common for the title due to a somewhat poor paper quality). Housed in a near fine dust jacket that shows very light rubbing to the spine ends and corners, and also one very small mark at the top of the spine, else fine. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; protected in a mylar cover and shipped in a sturdy box.
Sinopsis
Amitav Ghosh’s extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.
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El Apr 14 2014, CloggieDownunder dijo:
The Circle of Reason is the first novel by Indian author, Amitav Ghosh. The story of Nachiketa Bose, known throughout the narration as Alu because of his misshapen head, is related from his arrival at his uncle Balaram’s house in the Bengali town of Lalpukur, when he is orphaned at eight years old. A boy who becomes gifted at languages and a skilful weaver, a cascade of events leads to Alu’s flight across India, into the Middle East and across northern Africa, pursued by a tenacious policeman, Jyoti Das, under the pretext that he is a suspect in a terrorist incident. Ghosh gives the reader a rich cast of characters that are appealing and complex; even minor characters are allotted a potted history in their turn. The plot has quite a few twists, and Ghosh manages to fairly seamlessly include a village squabble, weaving, phrenology and physiognomy, a man obsessed with carbolic acid, the life of Louis Pasteur, a theory on queues, a comparison between communism and capitalism, a self-immolation, an attack with boiling oil, a building collapse, the Hindu epic Mahabharata and sewing machines. An amazing debut novel.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1544
- Título
- The Circle Of Reason
- Autor
- Amitav Ghosh
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0241117267
- ISBN 13
- 9780241117262
- Editorial
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- Uk
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
- Palabras clave
- First Edition, Signed
Términos de venta
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
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Sobre el vendedor
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
Tomball, Texas
Sobre Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Grayshelf Books is an online collectors library originating out of the love of collecting rare books. We specialize, but are not limited to, modern first editions from the 20th and 21st century. We also maintain inventory of rare works in the Science Fiction and Horror genres. We guarantee all of our books in regards to condition stated on the listings and all books are protected in mylar covers and shipped with the utmost care in sturdy boxes. Thanks for viewing our listings!
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