The shadow lines
"A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others - an intoxicating older cousin, a grandmother who weaves stories from the past and a family in London whose lives are intertwined with his. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences"--Publisher description.
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- Full title :The shadow lines / by Amitav Ghosh.
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"A wide-eyed boy growing up in suburban Calcutta in the 1960s experiences the world through the eyes of others - an intoxicating older cousin, a grandmother who weaves stories from the past and a family in London whose lives are intertwined with his. When a seemingly random act of violence threatens his vision of the world, he begins piecing together events for himself, and in the process unravels secrets with devastating consequences"--Publisher description.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Murray
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:308 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781848544178, 1848544170
- oclc:ocn659244650
- LC Classification:PR9499.3.G536
- Dewey Decimal:823.914
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