Name: The Sleeping Dictionary
SKU: 48398922
Price: 33.08 EUR
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Author: Massey, Sujata
ISBN: 9781476703169

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Author

Sujata Massey

Publisher

Gallery Books

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.5 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9781476703169

Synopsis "The Sleeping Dictionary"

From an award-winning novelist, a stunning portrait of late Raj India--a sweeping saga and a love story set against a background of huge political and cultural upheaval.YOU ASK FOR MY NAME, THE REAL ONE, AND I CANNOT TELL. IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT. In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skills--for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around her--to fight for her country's freedom and her own happiness.

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