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The Elephanta Suite

The Elephanta Suite

Name: The Elephanta Suite
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Paul Theroux
ISBN: 9780141036977

Paul Theroux

28/08/2008
Imprint Unknown

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Couverture de The Elephanta Suite par Paul Theroux

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur 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. Revue de presse A remarkably vivid writer. (Sunday Telegraph) One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of Paul Theroux . . . The most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation. (Jonathan Raban)