The Sleeping Dictionary (Paperback, Original)

YOU ASK FOR MY NAME, THE REAL ONE, AND I CANNOT TELL. IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT.
In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skills--for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around her--to fight for her country's freedom and her own happiness.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Authors:	Sujata Massey
Dimensions:	215 x 128 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	528
Edition:	Original
ISBN-13:	978-1-4767-0316-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	1-4767-0316-7
Barcode:	9781476703169

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