A review by k5tog
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

3.0

The Glass Palace is a Burmese/Indian version of a Ken Follett novel. It basically follows the life span of Rajkumar, an Indian orphan boy growing up in Burma after the death of his entire family due to illness. Rajkumar is by no means the main character of the story - there are many main characters, which allows the author to explore many different aspects of the time period, but at the same time left me wishing I knew more about some and how the historical changes (Burmese subjugation to the British, WWII, the Indian independence movement) affected those specific people. The book did open my eyes to some of these historical aspects that I was unaware of, so that was a plus.