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A River Sutra

by Gita Mehta

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Publisher Comments:

With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity Fair. Reading tour.

Review:

A deceptively simple second novel from author-filmmaker Mehta (Raj, 1989) that – with gentle good humor – addresses an age-old big subject: the workings of the human heart. The narrator here, a widower and former bureaucrat, has taken a position at the Government rest house, situated on the banks of the famed Narmada River, to become a vanaprasthi – "someone who has retired to the forest to reflect." Though he's always led a life undisturbed by passion, he now finds himself increasingly in contact with those whose lives have been dramatically affected by their emotions. The Narmada, a sacred river believed to have been created by the god Shiva, and rich in legends that celebrate pre- Aryan India – when the world was supposedly ruled by great serpents who lived in splendid underground kingdoms – attracts a variety of visitors....Subtle profundity in a beautifully evoked setting... Kirkus Associates

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679752479

Author:

Mehta, Gita

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

India

Subject:

Tales

Subject:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Subject:

Narmada River (India) Fiction.

Subject:

Narmada River

Subject:

Literatura Expressao Inglesa

Subject:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.

Subject:

Tales -- India -- Narmada River Valley.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1994

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage International

Series Volume:

v. V

Publication Date:

19940631

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

304

Dimensions:

8 x 5.2 x 0.62 in 0.5 lb

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Product details 304 pages Vintage Books USA - 2007-08-24 English 9780679752479 Reviews:

"Review" by Kirkus Associates, A deceptively simple second novel from author-filmmaker Mehta (Raj, 1989) that – with gentle good humor – addresses an age-old big subject: the workings of the human heart. The narrator here, a widower and former bureaucrat, has taken a position at the Government rest house, situated on the banks of the famed Narmada River, to become a vanaprasthi – "someone who has retired to the forest to reflect." Though he's always led a life undisturbed by passion, he now finds himself increasingly in contact with those whose lives have been dramatically affected by their emotions. The Narmada, a sacred river believed to have been created by the god Shiva, and rich in legends that celebrate pre- Aryan India – when the world was supposedly ruled by great serpents who lived in splendid underground kingdoms – attracts a variety of visitors....Subtle profundity in a beautifully evoked setting...