The Circle of Reason
by:
Amitav Ghosh (author)
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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780618329625 (0618329625)
ASIN: 618329625
Publish date: May 3rd 2005
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
I tried and tried and could not finish this. I will try reading something else by Amitav Ghosh; this had a great plot but was otherwise absolutely impenetrable.
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