GHOSH, Amitav.
The Circle of Reason.
New York: Viking , 1986.
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"Hope is the beginning": First Edition of The Circle of Reason; signed by Amitav Ghosh
First edition of the author's classic first novel. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth. Boldly signed by Amitav Ghosh on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason (1986) is a sweeping postcolonial novel that follows the journey of Alu, a young Indian orphan falsely accused of terrorism, as he flees from Bengal to the Middle East in search of freedom and meaning. Blending political satire, magical realism, and philosophical reflection, the novel traces Alu’s odyssey across cultures and continents, exploring themes of exile, identity, and the pursuit of rational knowledge in a world marked by superstition and violence. Structured around the classical Indian concept of the three “circles” of human life—reason, passion, and death—Ghosh’s debut work interrogates the limits of enlightenment ideals within postcolonial modernity, establishing him as a major voice in contemporary world literature.
The Circle of Reason.
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