The Holder of the World
by Mukherjee, Bharati
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394588460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588469
- Seller
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Synopsis
The Holder of the World, (1993) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. It is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne 's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, placing the story in two centuries (17th and 20th). The novel involves time travel through virtual reality, locating itself in 20th century Boston, 17th century Colonial America, and 17th century India during the spread of the British East India Company. It also references Thomas Pynchon's novel, V..
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- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022268
- Title
- The Holder of the World
- Author
- Mukherjee, Bharati
- Illustrator
- Jerry Bauer [Author's Photograph]; Barbara de Wilde
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394588460
- ISBN 13
- 9780394588469
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, Women Writers.
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