The Holder of the World
 Later paperback edition cover published by Fawcett Books. | |
| Author | Bharati Mukherjee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (USA) & Chatto and Windus (UK) |
Publication date | October 1993 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 286 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-394-58846-0 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Jasmine |
| Followed by | Leave It to Me |
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 is spread over space as well as time, locating itself in 20th century Boston, 17th century Colonial America, and 17th century India during the spread of the British East India Company.
References
Srikanth, Rajini. The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004: 187-192.
External links
- Holders of the Word:An Interview with Bharati Mukherjee
- Breaking the Borders of Gendered Space: Female Characters in Aritha van Herk's No Fixed Address and Bharati Mukherjee's The Holder of the World
- Powells book review
- A Selected Annotated Bibliography
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