The Returning Breath
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781861591920
Subjects: Historical fiction
Description: Basu's panoramic first novel follows the vagaries of Hiran's life, and the flow of the opium trade, from Calcutta to Canton. Disguised as a missionary, he survives cholera, piracy and war in China, arriving back in India to find his homeland on the verge of another rebellion.