The Elephanta Suite EPUB
by Paul Theroux
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This fabulous, far-reaching book breathtakingly captures the tumult, ambition, hardship and serenity that mark modern India.
Theroux s characters risk venturing far beyond its well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A holidaying middle-aged couple veer heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds relief in Mumbai s reeking slums. A young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters as distinctive as they are indicative of their country s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is transformed by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more.
The Elephanta Suite urges us towards a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of India and its effect on those who try to lose or find themselves there.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/11/2011
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- ISBN:9780241958865
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/11/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780241958865