num_pages: 659
description: Writing in English, Shasi Tharoor has produced a stunning novel that is at once ambitious, daring, boldly satirical, and outrageously funny. The two structural pillars of his astonishing work are tha national epic, the Mahabharata, and the Indian struggle in this century for independence from Great Britain. "A masterpiece"--The Statesman.
language: German
title: Der große Roman Indiens
titlecomplete: Der große Roman Indiens
genres: Humor, Politics, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mythology, India, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Indian Literature
ratings_count: 6458
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Suhrkamp