Behind Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh
The novel “Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh, debates a picture of symbolism and realism, that covers both time and space. The title itself “Shadow Lines” is a good example for showing us the symbolist and the realist elements. The story begins with the presentation of the family and friends of the nameless narrator, who in one way or another, seems to be a so called “outsider” who sees everybody’s good points and bad points from another point if view, distinguishing between good and evil. Going further on the novel’s plot we can say that the reader is catapulted from one place to another, also from one time to another, starting from the image of a cosciouss family and by the next moment showing the reader for example riots that takes place on the streets. We can say that the novel is a so called novel of exploration, as I said further, in a very short sequence of time the reader is shown more than one place which involves several actions. Ghosh uses Shadow Lines as a way of telling us that the way we view ourselves is not necessary the way others see us, and until we, the reader, cannot get into a deeper understanding of ourselves, we will remain in the “shadow” of our enlightenment.
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Approximate Word count = 2189
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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