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In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh [rare books]

In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh [rare books]

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In an Antique Land is a genre-blending masterpiece—part memoir, part travelogue, part historical investigation—set between present-day Egypt and the 12th century. Ghosh recounts his time living in rural Nile Delta villages during his doctoral research in the early 1980s and again in 1988. He plays the role of participant-observer, immersing himself in local life—living in a rooftop chicken coop, learning Arabic dialects, forming relationships—while piecing together the story of Abraham ben Yiju, a Jewish merchant who traveled from Egypt to India, and his servant Ashu/Bomma, through archival documents in the Cairo Geniza .

The narrative weaves two timelines: the contemporary ethnographic portrait of the villages and the historical reconstruction of medieval trade and cross-cultural connections spanning Egypt and India. This richly layered work challenges conventional boundaries—history blends with myth, personal memoir with archival scholarship, anthropology with storytelling—offering a profound meditation on friendship, faith, economics, and shared human experience across centuries .

About the Author

Amitav Ghosh (b. 1956, Calcutta) is one of India’s most acclaimed writers, celebrated for his ambitious narrative style and deep historical research . Educated at the University of Delhi and Oxford (PhD in social anthropology), he began his career as a reporter and academic, later teaching at institutions including Delhi University, Columbia, Harvard, and Queens College before becoming a full-time writer .

Ghosh’s literary work spans both fiction—The Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, the acclaimed Ibis Trilogy—and narrative nonfiction focused on travel, culture, and climate change, including In an Antique Land, The Great Derangement, and The Nutmeg’s Curse . His honors include the Padma Shri (2007), the Dan David Prize, the first English-language Jnanpith Award (2018), and the Erasmus Prize (2024) . With a unique gift for blending meticulous research with lyrical prose, Ghosh offers narratives that reframe our understanding of history, identity, and global interconnectivity.

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