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Shadow Lines
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Amitav Ghosh
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
May 1, 1990
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140118353
ISBN-10
0140118357
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$7.95
§As reported by publisher
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Burnt Shadows | Clear Light of Day | The Hungry Tide | The Home And The World | This Earth of Mankind | The Glass Palace | The Inheritance of Loss | The God of Small Things | Anthills of the Savannah
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Shadow Lines is a book that features a nameless narrator, who tries to put together fragments of memories from his past. The book takes readers across three cities, Kolkata, London, and Dhaka, and covers seventy years of the narrator s life, as he recollects incidents involving his extended, as well as his immediate family. He explains the instances from both his point of view and theirs. Amitav Ghosh introduces interesting characters in this book, like Tridib, who is the narrator s uncle, Ila, who is the narrator s attractive second cousin, and Nick, and May, who reside in London. Tha mma, the narrator s grandmother, plays a pivotal role in the book. The book won the Ananda Puraskar and Sahitya Akademi Award.
Editions
Hardcover
from South Asia Books (June 1, 1988)
9780025160019 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $17.95
About: major novel on India, award-winning.
About: major novel on India, award-winning.
Paperback
from Mariner Books (May 3, 2005)
9780618329960 | details & prices | 246 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
from South Asia Books (November 1, 2001)
9788175300439 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $17.75
With Walter L. Creese |
from South Asia Books (June 1, 1998)
9780195636314 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $12.50
This edition also contains Tva's Public Planning: The Vision, the Reality
This edition also contains Tva's Public Planning: The Vision, the Reality
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (May 1, 1990); titled "Shadow Lines"
9780140118353 | details & prices | List price $7.95
About: The Shadow Lines is a book that features a nameless narrator, who tries to put together fragments of memories from his past.
About: The Shadow Lines is a book that features a nameless narrator, who tries to put together fragments of memories from his past.
CD/Spoken Word
With Raj Varma (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (April 15, 2010)
9781441835086 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $24.99
With Raj Varma (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Brilliance Audio (April 15, 2010)
9781441835062 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $29.99
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