Book · 1973 · Fiction

The Siege of Krishnapur

Name: The Siege of Krishnapur
Author: J.G. Farrell

New York Review Books · 344 pages

★ 5.8 editorial score

Besieged by rebels in 1857 India, British colonials run out of shot and fire the head of a Shakespeare bust from a cannon. Farrell lets their faith in progress starve alongside them.

Genre

Historical fiction Fiction

Medium

Novel

Subject

Colonialism War Social class

Setting

India

Time

1973Depicts British Raj (India)

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