Make a note on "Shadow line" by Amitav Ghosh as a memory novel.
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Amitav ghosh was born in 1956. He is a Bengali author as well as a literary critic in the field of English language. Ghosh was born in kolkata and was educated at the Doon school, st.stephen’s college. Delhi Delhi University and the university of oxford as well. I oxford university he was awarded a ph.d. In the subject of social anthropology. Amitav ghosh has also been awarded the padma shri by the government of India.
· SHAOW LINES AS A MEMORY NOVEL
Amitav ghosh’s second novel “the shadow lines is considered by many as his best work and it was also awarded the sahitya akademi awarded in the year 1989. It lies in the genre of what is known as a memory novel where the content of the entire novel is derived from the memory of characters. It is at some level a recollection of events and their various interpretations held by the characters. Published in the year 1988, this memory novel beautifully knits together the personal lives of the narrator – tridib, thamma, lla, robi, mayadebi, nick, the data chaudhari’s and the shipes against the backdrop of important historical events of India, Bangladesh and England. The novel stresses upon the meaning of freedom in a modern world and questions the reader about the shadow lines that are drawn between people and nations and how these lines act as a barrier in maimaining peace and harmony.