Umfang:
519 Seiten
,
20 cm
ISBN:
9780749399207
,
0749399201
Inhalt:
Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s impassioned and prescient travelogue of his journeys through his ancestral homeland, with a new preface by the author. Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than fifty years ago. He explores how they have been steered by the innumerable frictions present in Indian society - the contradictions and compromises of religious faith, the whim and chaos of random political forces. This book represents Naipaul’s last word on his homeland, complementing his two other India travelogues, An Area of Darkness and India: A Wounded Civilization.
Anmerkung:
Bombay theatreThe secretary's tale : glimpses of the Indian century -- Breaking out -- Little wars -- After the battle -- The end of the line -- Woman's era -- The shadow of the guru -- The house on the lake : a return to India.
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Soziologie
,
Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Indien
;
Reisebericht
Mehr zum Autor:
Naipaul, V. S. 1932-2018
