Length16h 40m
About this audiobook
"A wickedly funny satire, sparing no one, not even Mahatma Gandhi . . . Just thinking about it makes me want to go back and reread it."—Fareed Zakaria, New York Times Book ReviewIn this award-winning novel, Shashi Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictionalized but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Blending history and myth, Tharoor directs his satire as much against Indian foibles as the bumbling of the British rulers to chronicle the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.The Great Indian Novel is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that is alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving,
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (9K)
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GenreOther
Length16 hrs 40 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 1, 2011
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Halftitle
18The Twelth Book (pt. 1)
2About the title
19The Twelth Book (pt. 2)
3Family Tree
20The Thirteenth Book
4The First Book
21Then Fourteenth Book (pt. 1)
5The Second Book (pt. 1)
22Then Fourteenth Book (pt. 2)
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6The Second Book (pt. 2)
23The Fifteenth Book (pt. 1)
7The Third Book
24The Fifteenth Book (pt. 2)
8The Fourth Book
25The Sixteenth book
9The Fifth Book
26Then Seventeenth Book (pt. 1)
10The Sixth Book (pt. 1)
27Then Seventeenth Book (pt. 2)
11The Sixth Book (pt. 2)
28The Eighteenth Book (pt. 1)
12The Seventh Book
29The Eighteenth Book (pt. 2)
13The Eighth Book
30Afterword
14The Ninth Book
31A Note On Dharma
15The Tenth Book (pt. 1)
32Glossary
16The Tenth Book (pt. 2)
33Acknowledgements
17The Eleventh Book
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