The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas
by Theroux, Paul
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618943323
- ISBN 13
- 9780618943326
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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
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001050
- Title
- The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618943323
- ISBN 13
- 9780618943326
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Literary Fiction Short Stories
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