Book Description
From the acclaimed author of Sea of Poppies, a novel weaving history and memory together to create "a rare work that balances formal ingenuity, heart, and mind" (New Republic)
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one English, one Bengali--as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
Book Review
Shadow Lines does not have a plot, it is a book of recollections related by the different characters. It is about the meaning of freedoms in the modern world and just how those 'shadow lines' are drawn. It is an interesting read and the message is a strong one - that the world should be a place for peace and harmony. I enjoyed this book very much and I would consider it a must read for all.
From the acclaimed author of Sea of Poppies, a novel weaving history and memory together to create "a rare work that balances formal ingenuity, heart, and mind" (New Republic)
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one English, one Bengali--as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.
Book Review
Shadow Lines does not have a plot, it is a book of recollections related by the different characters. It is about the meaning of freedoms in the modern world and just how those 'shadow lines' are drawn. It is an interesting read and the message is a strong one - that the world should be a place for peace and harmony. I enjoyed this book very much and I would consider it a must read for all.
