The Circle of Reason

Version: Unabridged
Author: Amitav Ghosh
Narrator: Simon Vance
Genres: Literature
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Date: February 2011
Length: 14 hours, 39 minutes
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Overview

Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez 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. Alu flees his home, traveling through Bombay to the Persian Gulf to North Africa with a bird-watching policeman in pursuit.?A remarkable storyteller, a Scheherezade effortlessly spinning tales within tales, the possessor of a strong narrative voice quite like no other.? ? Newsday?Ghosh's writing soars, producing electric images.? ? Baltimore Sun

Author Details

Author Details

Ghosh, Amitav

Writer and anthropologist Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956 and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Egypt, and has taught in various Indian and American universities. He is the author of three books: "The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines" and "In An Antique Land" and has written for "The New Yorker, Granta, The New Republic" and "The New York Times." Mr. Ghosh and his wife, Deborah Baker, live in New York with their two children.