In An Antique Land
Download or Read eBook In An Antique Land PDF written by Amitav Ghosh and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Amitav Ghosh |
Publisher | : Granta Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2011-08-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847082220 |
ISBN-13 | : 184708222X |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In An Antique Land by : Amitav Ghosh
Book excerpt: In an Antique Land is a subversive history in the guise of a traveller's tale. When the author stumbles across a slave narrative in the margins of an ancient text, his curiosity is piqued. What follows is a ten year search, which brings author and slave together across 800 hundred years of colonial history. Bursting with anecdote and exuberant detail, it offers a magical, intimate biography of the private life of a country, Egypt, from the Crusades to Operation Desert Storm.