The Siege of Krishnapur (First Printing)
Language: English
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973
Series: Book 2 of 3 - Empire Trilogy
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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First edition, first impression of the 1973 Booker Prize winner. Near Fine: firm and square binding in sharp green boards; a trace of fading to the spine tips; toning to the edge of the page block with a small patch of browning to the fore-edge (just creeping into the margin of around 5 pages); else, crisp and clean. The clipped dustwrapper is likewise Near Fine: crisp, bright and unfaded; a little rubbing to the spine tips and corners; slight toning to the spine tips, else excellent; presented in an archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller Inventory # M694
- Title
- The Siege of Krishnapur (First Printing)
- Author
- Farrell, J. G.
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Publication year
- 1973
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0297765809
- ISBN 13
- 9780297765806
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 453.592 grams
- Dimensions
- 2.54 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
- Series
- Book 2 of 3: Empire Trilogy
- Seller catalogs
- 1970s, Booker Prize
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Review
"The first sign of trouble at Krishnapur came with a mysterious distribution of chapatis, made of coarse flour and about the size and thickness of a biscuit; towards the end of February 1857, they swept the countryside like an epidemic."Students of history will recognise 1857 as the year of the Sepoy rebellion in India--an uprising of native soldiers against the British, brought on by Hindu and Muslim recruits' belief that the rifle cartridges with which they were provided had been greased with pig or cow fat. This seminal event in Anglo-Indian relations provides the backdrop for J.G. Farrell's Booker Prize- winning exploration of race, culture and class, The Siege of Krishnapur.
Like the mysteriously appearing chapatis, life in British India seems, on the surface, innocuous enough. Farrell introduces us gradually to a large cast of characters as he paints a vivid portrait of the Victorians' daily routines that are accompanied by heat, boredom, class-consciousness and the pursuit of genteel pastimes intended for cooler climates. Even the siege begins slowly, with disquieting news of massacres in cities far away. When Krishnapur itself is finally attacked, the Europeans withdraw inside the grounds of the Residency where very soon conditions begin to deteriorate: food and water run out, disease is rampant, people begin to go a little mad. Soon the very proper British are reduced to eating insects and consorting across class lines. Farrell's descriptions of life inside the Residency are simultaneously horrifying and blackly humorous. The siege, for example, is conducted under the avid eyes of the local populace, who clearly anticipate an enjoyable massacre and thus arrive every morning laden with picnic lunches (plainly visible to the starving Europeans). By turns witty and compassionate, The Siege of Krishnapur comprises the best of all fictional worlds: unforgettable characters, an epic adventure and at its heart a cultural clash for the ages. --Alix Wilber
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