The Shadow Lines

By: Amitav Ghosh

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Paperback | 14 March 2022 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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2.1 x 13.1 x 19.6

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As a boy, Amitav Ghosh's narrator travels across time, experiencing different worlds, all brought to life by the tales of those around him. Set against a backdrop of war and strife, each story becomes an extension of his life. Through them he traverses the unreliable planes of memory, unmindful of physical, political and chronological borders. But as he grows older, he is haunted by a seemingly random act of violence. Bits and pieces of stories, both half-remembered and imagined, come together in his mind until he arrives at an intricate, interconnected picture of the world where borders and boundaries mean nothing, mere shadow lines that we draw dividing people and nations. Out of a miraculously complex web of memories, relationships and images, Amitav Ghosh builds an intensely vivid, funny and moving story. He questions the meaning of political freedom and the force of nationalism in the modern world and reveals the absurd manner in which your home can suddenly become your enemy.

Industry Reviews

Stunning . . . amusing, sad, wise - New York Times Book Review

Ghosh has found his own distinctive voice - polished and profound . . . A compelling novel, wistful in its tone, assured in its achieved vision - Times Literary Supplement

PRAISE FOR SEA OF POPPIES - -

Sea of Poppies Boasts a varied collection of characters to love and hate, and provides wonderfully detailed descriptions of opium production ... utterly involving and piles on tension until the very last page - Peter Parker, Sunday Times

A glorious babel of a novel ... marvellously inventive ... utterly involving ... The next volume cannot come too soon - Sunday Times

An utterly involving book - Sunday Times

This is a panoramic adventure story, with a Dickensian energy and scope - Sunday Telegraph

Ghosh's narrative is enriched with a wealth of historical detail ... as well as intricate characterisation that makes interaction among the diverse group truly absorbing - The Times

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