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The Moor's last sigh /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c1995.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 435 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0679420495
  • 9780679420491
  • 0676506909 (pbk.)
  • 9780676506907 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 20
LOC classification:
  • PR6068.U757 M66 1995
Online resources:
Contents:
A house divided -- Malabar Masala -- Bombay central -- 'The Moor's last sigh'.
Summary: A family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator is the product of a Jewish father and a Christian mother--the novel is a pessimistic counterpoint to the author's optimistic Midnight's Children, on India's struggle for independence.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PR6068.U757 M66 1995 1 Available 34562000017185

Originally published: London : J. Cape.

A house divided -- Malabar Masala -- Bombay central -- 'The Moor's last sigh'.

A family saga reflecting the troubled state of India. The protagonists are four generations of the da Gama, who became wealthy in the spice trade before declining into gangsterism. Their tale is narrated by the family's last descendant and he attributes their fall to bickering, a reflection of Hindu-Moslem strife plaguing India today. Peopled with odd characters--the narrator is the product of a Jewish father and a Christian mother--the novel is a pessimistic counterpoint to the author's optimistic Midnight's Children, on India's struggle for independence.

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