The Holder of the World
1993 novel by Bharati Mukherjee
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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 Mughal-ruled 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]
AuthorBharati Mukherjee
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf (US)
Chatto and Windus (UK)
Chatto and Windus (UK)
PublicationdateSeptember 1993
First edition (US) | |
| Author | Bharati Mukherjee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (US) Chatto and Windus (UK) |
| Publication date | September 1993 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 286 pp |
| ISBN | 0-394-58846-0 |
| OCLC | 27641604 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Class | PR9499.3.M77 H65 1993 |
| Preceded by | Jasmine |
| Followed by | Leave It to Me |
