The Holder Of The World
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A dazzling work of literary historical fiction, The Holder of the World chronicles the intertwined lives of two women separated by three centuries — a present-day asset hunter named Beigh Masters and Hannah Easton, a seventeenth-century New England woman who journeys from Puritan Salem to the Mughal courts of India. Bharati Mukherjee constructs a bold, imaginative narrative that argues for the deep, often invisible connections between the Old World and the New, weaving together themes of desire, identity, and cultural collision with lyrical precision. Drawing a deliberate parallel to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the novel reimagines the archetypal American woman as a figure of global, cross-cultural adventure rather than provincial tragedy. The prose moves with both intellectual ambition and sensory richness, transporting readers from the cod-fishing villages of colonial Massachusetts to the opulent, war-torn landscapes of seventeenth-century India. The result is a sweeping meditation on history, womanhood, and the fluid boundaries of belonging that marks Mukherjee at the height of her considerable powers.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A dazzling work of literary historical fiction, The Holder of the World chronicles the intertwined lives of two women separated by three centuries — a present-day asset hunter named Beigh Masters and Hannah Easton, a seventeenth-century New England woman who journeys from Puritan Salem to the Mughal courts of India. Bharati Mukherjee constructs a bold, imaginative narrative that argues for the deep, often invisible connections between the Old World and the New, weaving together themes of desire, identity, and cultural collision with lyrical precision. Drawing a deliberate parallel to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the novel reimagines the archetypal American woman as a figure of global, cross-cultural adventure rather than provincial tragedy. The prose moves with both intellectual ambition and sensory richness, transporting readers from the cod-fishing villages of colonial Massachusetts to the opulent, war-torn landscapes of seventeenth-century India. The result is a sweeping meditation on history, womanhood, and the fluid boundaries of belonging that marks Mukherjee at the height of her considerable powers.
