Paul Scott

Broschiertes Buch

The Raj Quartet, Volume 1

The Jewel in the Crown

Beschreibung

The first volume of Paul Scott's classic account of the last days of British rule in India No set of novels so richly recreates the last days of India under British rule-"two nations locked in an imperial embrace"-as Paul Scott's historical tour de force, The Raj Quartet. The Jewel in the Crown opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for independence. On the night after the Indian Congress Party votes to support Ghandi, riots break out and an ambitious police sergeant arrests a young Indian for the alleged rape of the woman they both love.

Autor

Paul Scott (1920-78) was a British novelist best known for the tetralogy The Raj Quartet, published by the University of Chicago Press. Scott was drafted into the British Army during World War II and was stationed in India, an experience which shaped much of his literary work. The University of Chicago Press has also published his novels The Birds of Paradise, The Chinese Love Pavilion, Six Days in Marapore and Staying On, the latter of which won the Booker Prize for 1977.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Univ of Chicago PR edition
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 142mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780226743400
• ISBN-10: 0226743403
• Artikelnr.: 21744638