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010       93042220 
020    0679752471 
020    9780679752479 
035    (OCoLC)29389509 
035    (OCoLC)29389509 
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050 10 PS3563.E344|bR58 1994 
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100 1  Mehta, Gita. 
245 12 A river Sutra /|cGita Mehta. 
250    First Vintage International edition. 
264  1 New York :|bVintage Books,|c1994. 
264  1 |c1993. 
300    291 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    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. 
650  0 Pilgrims and pilgrimages|zIndia|zNarmada River Valley
       |vFiction. 
650  0 Tales|zIndia|zNarmada River Valley. 
650  7 Literatura Expressao Inglesa|2larpcal 
651  0 Narmada River (India)|vFiction. 
653  0 Narmada River (India)|aFiction 
653  0 Pilgrims and pilgrimages|aFiction|aIndia|aNarmada River 
       Valley 
653  0 Tales|aIndia|aNarmada River Valley 
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