Kim (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551115212 ISBN 13: 9781551115214

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2005

Synopsis

Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling set his final and most famous novel in India, where an Irish orphan becomes the disciple of a Tibetan monk while learning espionage tactics from the British secret service. A terrific choice for Kipling fans and lovers of exotic tales of adventure.

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Review:

"Maire ni Fhlathuin's new edition of Kim is a welcome event. The substantial and scholarly, yet accessible, introduction contextualises the novel in important new ways. This is complemented by a diverse range of supplementary material, which allows the reader to appreciate more clearly some of the debates, texts, and contexts by which Kipling was influenced as he wrote his masterpiece. This is an edition that will appeal alike to the student, scholar, and general reader."--Bart Moore-Gilbert

“Máire ní Fhlathúin’s new edition of Kim is a welcome event. The substantial and scholarly, yet accessible, introduction contextualises the novel in important new ways. This is complemented by a diverse range of supplementary material, which allows the reader to appreciate more clearly some of the debates, texts, and contexts by which Kipling was influenced as he wrote his masterpiece. This is an edition that will appeal alike to the student, scholar, and general reader.” — Bart Moore-Gilbert, Goldsmiths College, University of London

"Maire ni Fhlathuin's new edition of Kim is a welcome event. The substantial and scholarly, yet accessible, introduction contextualises the novel in important new ways. This is complemented by a diverse range of supplementary material, which allows the reader to appreciate more clearly some of the debates, texts, and contexts by which Kipling was influenced as he wrote his masterpiece. This is an edition that will appeal alike to the student, scholar, and general reader." -- Bart Moore-Gilbert, Goldsmiths College, University of London

"Maire ni Fhlathuin's new edition of Kim is a welcome event. The substantial and scholarly, yet accessible, introduction contextualises the novel in important new ways. This is complemented by a diverse range of supplementary material, which allows the reader to appreciate more clearly some of the debates, texts, and contexts by which Kipling was influenced as he wrote his masterpiece. This is an edition that will appeal alike to the student, scholar, and general reader." -- Bart Moore-Gilbert, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Book Description:

Rudyard Kipling's classic novel of a young boy in colonial India

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1551115212
• ISBN 13: 9781551115214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Maire Fhlathuin