In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh

In an Antique Land

Amitav Ghosh

400 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Once upon a time an Indian writer named Amitav Ghosh set out to find an Indian slave, name unknown, who some seven hundred years before had traveled to the Middle East. The journey took him to a small village in Egypt, where medieval customs coexi...

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Moods

informative 76%
reflective 70%
adventurous 23%
challenging 23%
emotional 17%
inspiring 11%
mysterious 11%
tense 11%
dark 5%
funny 5%
sad 5%

Pace

slow 70%
medium 23%
fast 5%

Average rating

3.65

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