| The Raj Quartet, Volume 3: The Towers of Silence Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Scott, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226743438 ISBN-13: 9780226743431 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: This volume follows the fates of the Laytons and a retired missionary teacher, all of whom can foresee the end of the Raj--and both welcome and lament its passing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98010569 |
| Series: Phoenix Fiction |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.66" W x 8.48" (1.06 lbs) 399 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: India, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel fa ade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara Batchelor, bears witness to the connections between many human dramas; the love between Daphne Manner and Hari Kumar; the desperate grief an old teacher feels for an India she cannot rescue; and the cruelty of Captain Ronald Merrick, Susan Layton's future husband. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scott, Paul: - Paul Scott (1920-78) was a British novelist best known for the tetralogy The Raj Quartet, published by the University of Chicago Press. Scott was drafted into the British Army during World War II and was stationed in India, an experience which shaped much of his literary work. The University of Chicago Press has also published his novels The Birds of Paradise, The Chinese Love Pavilion, Six Days in Marapore and Staying On, the latter of which won the Booker Prize for 1977. |