A river Sutra

by Mehta, Gita

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Title Statements

Full title :A river Sutra / Gita Mehta.

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.
Edition:1st Vintage International ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Vintage Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

Description:291 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0679752471, 9780679752479
oclc:ocm29389509
LC Classification:PS3563.E344
Dewey Decimal:813/.54

Subjects

Contes -- Inde Fiction Fictional Work Fictional Works Publication Type India India -- Narmada River India -- Narmada River Valley Literatura Expressao Inglesa Narmada (Inde : Fleuve) -- Romans, nouv… Narmada River (India) Narmada River (India) -- Fiction Pilgrims and pilgrimages Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction. --… Romans Tales Tales -- India