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Holder of the World : A Novel by Bharati Mukherjee (1994, Trade Paperback)

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Title: Holder Of The World. Number of Pages: 304. Publication Date: 1994-08-09. Publisher: Ballantine Books.

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100449909662

ISBN-139780449909669

eBay Product ID (ePID)149736

Product Key Features

Book TitleHolder of the World : a Novel

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1994

TopicPsychological, Sagas, Literary, Historical

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorBharati Mukherjee

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-094255

Edition DescriptionReprint

Synopsis"An amazing literary feat and a masterpiece of storytelling. Once again, Bharati Mukherjee prove she is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles to weave both the future and the past into a tale that is singularly intelligent and provocative."--Amy Tan This is the remarkable story of Hannah Easton, a unique woman born in the American colonies in 1670, "a person undreamed of in Puritan society." Inquisitive, vital and awake to her own possibilities, Hannah travels to Mughal, India, with her husband, and English trader. There, she sets her own course, "translating" herself into the Salem Bibi, the white lover of a Hindu raja. It is also the story of Beigh Masters, born in New England in the mid-twentieth century, an "asset hunter" who stumbles on the scattered record of her distant relative's life while tracking a legendary diamond. As Beigh pieces together details of Hannah's journeys, she finds herself drawn into the most intimate and spellbinding fabric of that remote life, confirming her belief that with "sufficient passion and intelligence, we can decontrsuct the barriers of time and geography...."

LC Classification NumberPR9499.3.M77 H65