The Sleeping Dictionary
by Massey, Sujata
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1476703167
- ISBN 13
- 9781476703169
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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 skillsâÈ'for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around herâÈ'to fight for her countryâÈçs freedom and her own happiness.
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- World of Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GOR009859285
- Title
- The Sleeping Dictionary
- Author
- Massey, Sujata
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1476703167
- ISBN 13
- 9781476703169
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Place of Publication
- Qi2
- This edition first published
- 2013-08-20
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