by Amitav Ghosh · Emecé Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496580138
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This is the story of two Indians in Egypt. The first is Bomma, a 12th-century slave; the second is the author himself, Amitav Ghosh, who stumbles upon the servant in the margins of letters written by his master. His curiosity piqued, Ghosh travels to the mythical land of the pharaohs in 1980 to learn about Bomma's life. His search begins in a small village, Lataifa. There, Ghosh lives with characters who help him separate reality from assumptions and for whom "the outside world is still full of the wonders of the unknown." Amitav Ghosh moves between the present and the past, between his own life experience and that of Bomma, to create a unique portrait of the microcosm that both have inhabited. The result is an exuberant and multi-layered story, rich in details and anecdotes.
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.
