Saturday, 16 September 2006
Saturday, 2 September 2006
Book for September
In An Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh
Synopsis
Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had travelled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medievel customs coexist with twentieth century desires and discontents. But even as Ghosh sought to re-create the life of his Indian predecessor, he found himself immersed in those of his modern Egyptian neighbours.
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