| The Holder of the World | |
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Later paperback edition cover published by Fawcett Books. |
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| Author(s) | Bharati Mukherjee |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf (USA) & Chatto and Windus (UK) |
| Publication date | September 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 286 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-394-58846-0 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC Number | 27641604 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Classification | PR9499.3.M77 H65 1993 |
| Preceded by | Jasmine |
| Followed by | Leave It to Me |
The Holder of the World, (1993) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. It is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, placing the story in two centuries (17th and 20th). The novel involves time travel via virtual reality, locating itself in 20th century Boston, 17th century Colonial America, and 17th century India during the spread of the British East India Company. It also references Thomas Pynchon's novel, V..
The Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee
Srikanth, Rajini. The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004: 187-192.