| Rudyard Kipling, Kim Contributor(s): Narthex (Editor), Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1726252310 ISBN-13: 9781726252317 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white.Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. |