Amitav Ghosh?

[rich]

Siege of Krishnapur is quite good--the beseiged party scenes are
very-Ballardesque despite it happening in the middle of the 19th century.
I've read Troubles as well and Farrell's writing is so clear you feel as if
you're learning something and enjoying a good story too which I find a rare
talent. Much historical fiction is written as if the outcome is never in
doubt; I never felt that reading these two books

rich


> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Try this?  Re Ghosh’s  The Shadow Lines:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/site/jeltals/home/4-july-december-2013/2-a-postcolonial-reading-of-amitav-ghosh-s-the-shadow-lines-sumathy
>> I haven’t read The Shadow Lines -
>>
>> If you’re really interested in Ghosh try his book The Glass Palace
>> (2000).  The story spans the time from the fall of Malay's royalty in 1880s
>> to their part in WWII.  Lots of changes in society, some soldiering stuff
>> but not a lot.  The most military action is probably in Flood of Fire and
>> the actual sea-battles of the Opium War.
>>
>> But! Re British colonialism in general -   J.G. Farrell’s  "Empire
>> Trilogy is about the downfall of the British Empire in three very separate
>> places around the world.   “Troubles” (1970) takes place in Ireland,
>> "Siege of Krishnapur” (1973) takes place in India, and "The Singapore Grip”
>> (1978) is set in Southeast Asia/China.  Only the "Siege of Krishnapur" is
>> really much about the military.  The series does have one ex-major who is
>> in the last two books but mostly in “Troubles,”   Siege takes place awhile
>> earlier.   Read in any order you want.  These are excellent books, btw.
>>
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