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Set on the banks of India's holiest river amid the constant traffic of pilgrims, archaeologists, policemen, priests, and traders, A River Sutra weaves the richness of India into the dangerous lives of its characters. A bureaucrat retires to the sacred river in search of tranquility only to encounter a girl fleeing her kidnappers, a naked ascetic and the child he has saved from prostitution, a teacher who confesses to murder, a millionaire monk, and a musician silenced by desire. Instead of finding serenity, the bureaucrat is forced to confront the powers of mythology, religion, music, and philosophy, and to acknowledge that the holy river has a sanctity more threatening than he can imagine. In this exquisitely written novel, Gita Mehta uses the traditional forms of Indian story-telling to explore the savagery of human love and to illuminate the paradoxes of India.
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"Enchanting...sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and always filled with insights" (New York Times Book Review)
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"I have a feeling, indeed a hope, that A River Sutra will become a classic, revered and enjoyed by young and old" (Daily Telegraph)
"Superb, profound, apparently effortless storytelling" (Independent on Sunday)
"A life enhancing gem of a book" (Observer)
"Enchanting...sometimes comic, sometimes tragic and always filled with insights" (New York Times Book Review)
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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0679752471
- ISBN 13 9780679752479
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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