x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
Amitav Ghosh’s extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez 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.... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Balaram: Add a description of this character.
- Zindi
- Mrs Verma
- Bhudeb Roy
- Gopal
- Kulfi
- Rakesh
- Jeevanbhai Patel
- Murali Charan Mishra
- Rakhal
- Maya
- Shombhu Debnath
- Dubey
- Hajj Fahmy
- Malik
- Samuel
- Alu
- Amir
- Jyoti Das
- Forid Mian
- Souq
- Chunni
- Karthamma
- Mariamma
- Hajji Musa
- Pasteur
- Arjuna
- Zaghloul
- Mrs Bose
- Narain Mathur
- Adil
- Chitrangada
- Jabal
- Madana
- Romy
- Lal
First Sentence edit
The boy had no sooner arrived, people said afterwards, than Balaram had run into the house to look for the Claws.
Table of Contents edit
I. Satwa: Reason
1. heads
2. a pasteurized cosmos
3. war
4. signs of new times
5. the school of reason
6. taking sides
7. the ghost in the machine
Authors & Contributors edit
- Amitav Ghosh (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: India
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 423
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: India
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 423
Awards edit
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
Popular Tags
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
