The Circle of ReasonAmitav Ghosh's extraordinary novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 35 |
Section 3 | 59 |
Section 4 | 87 |
Section 5 | 102 |
Section 6 | 123 |
Section 7 | 133 |
Section 8 | 150 |
Section 12 | 236 |
Section 13 | 290 |
Section 14 | 306 |
Section 15 | 320 |
Section 16 | 326 |
Section 17 | 334 |
Section 18 | 344 |
Section 19 | 353 |
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Abu Fahl al-Ghazira Alu's anyway arms asked Balaram Balaram-babu bamboo began Bhudeb Roy Bhudeb-babu Bolai-da Bose Boss C. V. Raman Calcutta carbolic carbolic acid Chitrangada Chunni cloth courtyard crowd Dantu date palms door Dr Mishra Dubey eyes face Fahmy's feet Forid Mian Gopal hair Hajj Fahmy hands happened head heard Isma'il Jai Lal jamdani Jeevanbhai Jyoti Jyoti Das Karthamma knew Kulfi Lalpukur later laughed leant listen looked loom Malik Mast Ram Mawali Maya morning Naboganj never night Nury once palms Parboti-debi Pasteur police Presidency College Professor Samuel pulled pushed Rakesh Rakhal Roy's sari Shombhu Debnath shook shoulders shouted sitting smiled soon Souq Star staring stood stopped straight suddenly talk tell There's thing told took Toru-debi turned Verma village voice waiting watched What's whispered whole worry Zaghloul Zindi