THE SANDGLASS

Like New Hardcover with Dust Jacket. No wear, no tears. No marks or writing. No remainder mark; not price-clipped. First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Scan shows actual book. ; 288 pages

From Publisher:

Already hailed as "intricate and compelling" by the Times Literary Supplement, The Sandglass is a striking novel by Sri Lankan author Romesh Gunesekera, a 1994 Booker Prize finalist for his first novel, Reef.

Set in London where the Sri Lankan narrator lives, The Sandglass tells the story of two feuding families whose lives are interlinked by the changing fortunes of postcolonial Sri Lanka. In a beautifully constructed work that moves back and forth between two physical and temporal poles, Gunesekera brings to life Prins Ducal and his search for answers about his family's past in Sri Lanka, including his father's rise to wealth, rivalry with the Vatunas family, and a suspect death--a mystery that further unfolds upon Prins's arrival in London for his mother's funeral.

Weaving together themes of memory, exile, and postcolonial upheaval, Gunesekera has written a book Marie Claire calls "utterly engaging. . . . Romantic, mysterious, and laced with a sense of yearning. . . . A heady mix of 1990s London and postwar Sri Lanka."

Product Info

ISBN: 156584484x

ISBN-13: 9781565844841

Publisher: The New Press

Year: 1998

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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