The Holder of the World

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The Holder of the World
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First edition (US)
Author Bharati Mukherjee
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Chatto and Windus (UK)
Publication date
September 1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages286 pp
ISBN 0-394-58846-0
OCLC 27641604
813/.54 20
LC Class PR9499.3.M77 H65 1993
Preceded by Jasmine  
Followed by Leave It to Me  

The Holder of the World, (1993) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. It is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter , placing the story in two centuries (17th and 20th). The novel involves time travel via virtual reality, locating itself in 20th century Boston, 17th century Colonial America, and 17th century India during the spread of the British East India Company. It also references Thomas Pynchon's novel, V. . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Holder of the World was among the contenders in a 2014 list by The Telegraph of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels [6]

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References

  1. Maxey, Ruth (2019). "Mukherjee's 1990s Writing". Understanding Bharati Mukherjee. University of South Carolina Press. pp. 75–96. doi:10.2307/j.ctvgs0bhh.9. ISBN   9781643360003. JSTOR   j.ctvgs0bhh.9. S2CID   240671860.
  2. Appiah, K. Anthony (October 10, 1993). "Giving Up the Perfect Diamond". The New York Times.
  3. Gornick, Vivian (1993). "Playing Games with History". The Women's Review of Books. 11 (3): 15. doi:10.2307/4021775. JSTOR   4021775.
  4. Parameswaran, Uma (1994). "Reviewed work: The Holder of the World, Bharati Mukherjee". World Literature Today. 68 (3): 636–637. doi:10.2307/40150581. JSTOR   40150581.
  5. Abair, Jacqueline M.; Cross, Alice (1999). "Patterns in American Literature". The English Journal. 88 (6): 83–87. doi:10.2307/822192. JSTOR   822192.
  6. "10 best Asian novels of all time". The Telegraph. April 22, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2020.

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