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The Shadow Lines

Amitav Ghosh

1989246 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1989
first published
  • 1989Viking · 246 pages · ENGISBN 9780670826339
  • 2005Houghton Mifflin · 246 pages · ENGISBN 9780618329960
  • 2010Brilliance AudioISBN 9781441835079
  • 1992Seuil · 316 pagesISBN 9782020123280
  • 2001South Asia Books · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9788175300439
  • 1998South Asia Books/Oxford Univ Press, India · 310 pages · ENGISBN 9780195636314
  • 1993Ravi Dayal Publisher · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9780025160019
  • 2001John Murray Publishers LtdISBN 9781848544178

This book is an excellent example of a unique narrative which most books lack. According to many literary sources this book do not intend to tell a story but rather invites the reader to invent one. The book have so many deep quotes that inspires such as :- NOBODY KNOWS NOBODY EVER KNOWS BECAUSE THERE ARE MOMENTS IN TIME THAT ARE NOT KNOWABLE.

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