A Passage to India (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Forster, E.M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241540429 ISBN 13: 9780241540428

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2021

Synopsis

'His great book ... masterly in its prescience and its lucidity' ANITA DESAI

A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their age. It begins when Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, and feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal.

Edited by OLIVER STALLYBRASS with an Introduction by PANKAJ MISHRA

About this title

About the Author

E.M. Forster (Author)
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924). Maurice , written in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work (Aspects of the Novel); The Hill of Devi; two biographies; two books about Alexandria; and the libretto for Britten's opera Billy Budd.

Pankaj Mishra (External Editor)
Pankaj Mishra is the author of From the Ruins of Empire and several other books. He is a columnist at Bloomberg View and the New York Times Book Review, and writes regularly for The Guardian, the London Review of Books, and the New Yorker. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in London.

From the Back Cover

E. M. Forster's beloved classic and sharp critique of imperialism, now for the firs time in Penguin Classics







A Penguin Classic



When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs. Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rousesviolent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellinglydepicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241540429
• ISBN 13: 9780241540428
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Mishra Pankaj