by Amitav Ghosh · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433969767
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«El Palacio de Cristal» is the historical novel by Amitav Ghosh, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback (640 pages, in Spanish).
In colonial Burma, Rajkumar, an orphan from the Mandalay market, sees Dolly, a slave girl of the queen, during the looting that follows the British invasion. That moment haunts him; years later, rich, he seeks her in exile. The plot spans generations in India, Burma and Malaysia and links personal obsession with colonialism.
Spanish translation by Benito Gómez Ibáñez. Part of the Panorama de narrativas collection, number 516. Original title: The Glass Palace.
Historical novel and family saga for readers interested in British colonialism in Asia and contemporary literary fiction.
Amitav Ghosh is an American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
