The Trotter-Nama

Author: I Allan SealyPublisher: IndiaInkYear: 1999Language: EnglishPages: 575ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186939040 DescriptionA contemporary classic, it is a literary extravaganza, a huge, funny, constantly surprising novel that spans two centuries and two cultures.Seven generations of the Trotter family populate the comic epic that is by turns satirical, poignant, and magical. Embellished by everything from advertisements and recipes to couplets, elegies, and learned digressions, it is a triumph of imaginative energy that can be read piecemeal or taken whole.REVIEWS:Unique, imaginative, richly inventive - - Chicago Tribune The comic genius of a Hogarth - - Sunday ObserverAn overflowing brantub of a book, part fantasy, part history, full of delightful anecdotes and startling observations . . . History as an extravaganza - - London