{"product_id":"9781922585677","title":"The East Indian","description":"Author: Charry, Brinda \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922585677 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Tony- the first Indian to set foot on American soil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New World in the early 1600s - for some, an exciting opportunity, for others, a brutal abduction - there is also Tony. As a child, his homeland on the Coromandel Coast of India becomes a trading outpost for the English; as an orphaned teenager, he finds himself kidnapped from the streets of London and bound to servitude on a Virginia plantation. But Tony is not giving up on his dreams just yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the rule of a sadistic plantation owner, he forms a tender bond with a young boy who will haunt his nightmares; on an exploration inland alongside a trader and Native Americans, he realises the world is vaster and more mysterious than he could have imagined; and in Jamestown, he finally earns himself a position as a physician's apprentice, an ambition he has long harboured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe East Indian\u003c\/i\u003e is a Dickensian-style yarn about family, friendship, and finding oneself in the seeds of a new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'History comes alive in this brilliant, highly-imaginative and vivid novel. Immersive and revelatory - a stellar achievement.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-EC Osondu, winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, author of \u003ci\u003eThis House Is Not for Sale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Tony, the \"East Indian\" of the title of Brinda Charry's utterly enjoyable debut novel, reads like a character straight out of Dickens. Based on an actual historical figure, the first person from India documented in the records of Colonial Virginia, Tony ventures into the entangled richness of a nascent America - a place he calls, \"this precarious edge of the world.\" It is peopled by \"servants\" - both white and black, female and male - who find themselves as bound to the New World as they are to the Englishmen who rule it. Picaresque in style, lyrical of voice, gripping and authentic, \u003ci\u003eThe East Indian\u003c\/i\u003e is a real treat.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-David Write, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Cloud Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with memorable characters, \u003ci\u003eThe East Indian\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with the brutal colonialism and indentured labour of the 1600s with warmth and wit. An entertaining novel that adds more heft to Brinda Charry's already impressive oeuvre.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Shashi Tharoor, author of \u003ci\u003eInglorious Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Hindu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667925754014,"sku":"UBD-9781922585677","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922585677.jpg?v=1751332769","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922585677","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}