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Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.
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The Circle of Reason, Amitav Ghosh
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- The Circle of Reason
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Amitav Ghosh
- Publisher
- Abacus Books (Sphere)
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 423
- ISBN10
- 0349114285
- ISBN13
- 9780349114286
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Suspense, Fun, Asia, India, Narration, Indian Literature
- Original title
- The circle of reason
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.