The Sleeping Dictionary - Sujata Massey - Books - Gallery Books - 9781476703169 - August 20, 2013
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The Sleeping Dictionary Original edition

Sujata Massey

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The Sleeping Dictionary Original edition

YOU ASK FOR MY NAME, THE REAL ONE, AND I CANNOT TELL. IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT.

In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skills?for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around her?to fight for her country?s freedom and her own happiness.


528 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 20, 2013
ISBN13 9781476703169
Publishers Gallery Books
Pages 528
Dimensions 135 × 210 × 34 mm   ·   421 g
Language English  

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