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The Sleeping Dictionary Original edition
Sujata Massey
The Sleeping Dictionary Original edition
Sujata Massey
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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