The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas
by Paul Theroux
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Synopsis
This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters as singular as they are reflective of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and others. As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite is a welcome gift to readers of international fiction and fans of this extraordinary writer.
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155738
- Title
- The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed International;
- Size
- 8vo
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