A river Sutra / Gita Mehta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mehta, Gita.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India--Narmada River Valley--Fiction.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Tales--India--Narmada River Valley.

Tales.

Narmada River (India)--Fiction.

Narmada River (India).

India--Narmada River Valley.

India--Narmada River.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

291 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage International edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1994.

Summary:

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.

Other Format:

Online version: Mehta, Gita. River Sutra.

ISBN:

0679752471

9780679752479

OCLC:

29389509

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