Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by
Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the
tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in
the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the
Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in
the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He
cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of
her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places
they are today are illuminated in this wonderful novel by the writer
Chitra Divakaruni calls “a master storyteller.”
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