In an antique land

by Amitav Ghosh

1993 393 pages eng ★ 3.0 (3 ratings)

Overview: 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 coexist with twentieth-century desires and disco…