The Last of Earth (Hardcover)

Deepa Anappara

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Random House USA Inc, New York, 2026

0593731352 / 9780593731352

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Hardcover. From the award-winning author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line comes a splendid (The New York Times) novel set in nineteenth-century Tibet that follows two outsidersan Indian schoolteacher spying for the British Empire and an English lady exploreras they venture into a forbidden kingdom.An epic, perilous odyssey . . . scrupulous in its excavation of our spooky, imperfect pasts.The Guardian 1869. Tibet is closed to Europeans, an infuriating obstruction for the rapidly expanding British Empire. In response, Britain begins training Indianspermitted to cross borders that white men may notto undertake illicit, dangerous surveying expeditions into Tibet.Balram is one such surveyor-spy, an Indian schoolteacher who, for several years, has worked for the British, often alongside his dearest friend, Gyan. But Gyan went missing on his last expedition and is rumored to be imprisoned within Tibet. Desperate to rescue his friend, Balram agrees to guide an English captain on a foolhardy mission: After years of paying others to do the exploring, the captain, disguised as a monk, wants to personally chart a river that runs through southern Tibet. Their path will cross fatefully with that of another Westerner in disguise, fifty-year-old Katherine. Denied a fellowship in the all-male Royal Geographical Society in London, she intends to be the first European woman to reach Lhasa.As Balram and Katherine make their way into Tibet, they will face storms and bandits, snow leopards and soldiers, fevers and frostbite. Whats more, they will have to battle their own doubts, ambitions, grief, and pasts in order to survive the treacherous landscape.A polyphonic novel about the various ways humans try to leave a mark on the worldfrom the enduring nature of family and friendship to the egomania and obsessions of the colonial enterpriseThe Last of Earth confirms Deepa Anappara as one of our greatest and most ambitious storytellers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The Last of Earth (Hardcover)
Autore
Deepa Anappara
Editore
Random House USA Inc, New York
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0593731352
ISBN 13
9780593731352

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