The Elephanta Suite

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Elephanta SuiteISBN13:9780547086026ISBN10:0547086024Author:Theroux, Paul (Author)Description:A Master Of The Travel Narrative Weaves Three Intertwined Novellas Of Westerners Transformed By Their Sojourns In India 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 Young 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 Urges Us Toward A Fresh, Compelling, And Often Inspiring Notion Of What India Is, And What It Can Do To Those Who Try To Lose--Or Find--Themselves There This Startling, Far-Reaching Book Captures The Tumult, Ambition, Hardship, And Serenity That Mark Today's India Theroux's Portraits Of People And Places Explode Stereotypes To Exhilarating Effect Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:MARINER BOOKSPublication Date:2008-09-01Weight:0.66 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 8.2'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:274Language:English

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