| Edition |
First Vintage International edition. |
| Description |
291 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Set on the banks of India's holiest river amid the constant traffic of pilgrims, archaeologists, policemen, priests, and traders, A River Sutra weaves the richness of India into the dangerous lives of its characters. A bureaucrat retires to the sacred river in search of tranquility only to encounter a girl fleeing her kidnappers, a naked ascetic and the child he has saved from prostitution, a teacher who confesses to murder, a millionaire monk, and a musician silenced by desire. Instead of finding serenity, the bureaucrat is forced to confront the powers of mythology, religion, music, and philosophy, and to acknowledge that the holy river has a sanctity more threatening than he can imagine. In this exquisitely written novel, Gita Mehta uses the traditional forms of Indian story-telling to explore the savagery of human love and to illuminate the paradoxes of India. |
| Subject |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India -- Narmada River Valley -- Fiction.
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Tales -- India -- Narmada River Valley.
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Narmada River (India) -- Fiction.
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Literatura Expressao Inglesa
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| Indexed Term |
Narmada River (India) Fiction |
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages Fiction India Narmada River Valley |
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Tales India Narmada River Valley |
| ISBN |
0679752471 |
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9780679752479 |
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