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marcella 's review for:
The Glass Palace
by Amitav Ghosh
The set up sounds like a fairy tale— ragamuffin orphan breaks into the palace and falls in love with the princess's maid—but this book is not about dashing deeds or happy endings. It's a gorgeous story about a man and the visually real people who make up his legacy. No heroes, muddy morality, everyone is flawed and that's that makes this story of generations so powerful. I loved the nuance in the backdrop, too: a world struggling with colonialism, two world wars, and the implications of being Indian in the British army.
This book made my cry on an airplane. Would recommend.
This book made my cry on an airplane. Would recommend.