{"product_id":"2026200007800-secondhand-the-holder-of-the-world","title":"The Holder Of The World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling work of literary historical fiction, The Holder of the World chronicles the intertwined lives of two women separated by three centuries — a present-day asset hunter named Beigh Masters and Hannah Easton, a seventeenth-century New England woman who journeys from Puritan Salem to the Mughal courts of India. Bharati Mukherjee constructs a bold, imaginative narrative that argues for the deep, often invisible connections between the Old World and the New, weaving together themes of desire, identity, and cultural collision with lyrical precision. Drawing a deliberate parallel to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, the novel reimagines the archetypal American woman as a figure of global, cross-cultural adventure rather than provincial tragedy. The prose moves with both intellectual ambition and sensory richness, transporting readers from the cod-fishing villages of colonial Massachusetts to the opulent, war-torn landscapes of seventeenth-century India. The result is a sweeping meditation on history, womanhood, and the fluid boundaries of belonging that marks Mukherjee at the height of her considerable powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887918330075,"sku":"2026200007800-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cb68d83a-08b4-43d6-b47e-72d9a1899917.png?v=1781749210","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007800-secondhand-the-holder-of-the-world","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}