A Passage To India
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
At the heart of one of the twentieth century's most enduring novels lies a single, explosive incident — an accusation made in a cave that tears apart friendships, communities, and the fragile illusions of colonial harmony. Set in the fictional city of Chandrapore during the height of the British Raj, A Passage to India chronicles the ill-fated relationship between Dr. Aziz, a sensitive Indian physician, and Adela Quested, a newly arrived Englishwoman eager to see the real India. When the two venture to the mysterious Marabar Caves, the encounter ends in scandal, and the fault lines of race, class, and empire crack wide open beneath them. E. M. Forster constructs his masterwork across three movements — Mosque, Caves, and Temple — each representing a season of the soul as much as a physical location, illustrating the near-impossibility of genuine human connection across cultural and imperial divides. With a prose style of quiet, devastating precision, Forster argues that empire does not merely oppress its subjects; it corrupts the very language of friendship and empathy between peoples. First published in 1924, the novel remains a towering achievement in British literature, celebrated for its psychological depth, moral ambiguity, and its unflinching portrait of a society built on wilful misunderstanding. This illustrated Reader's Digest edition, with an afterword by Scott Russell Sanders, invites a new generation of readers to ask whether the passage Forster envisions — between East and West, self and other — was ever truly possible at all.
Author: E. M. Forster
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
At the heart of one of the twentieth century's most enduring novels lies a single, explosive incident — an accusation made in a cave that tears apart friendships, communities, and the fragile illusions of colonial harmony. Set in the fictional city of Chandrapore during the height of the British Raj, A Passage to India chronicles the ill-fated relationship between Dr. Aziz, a sensitive Indian physician, and Adela Quested, a newly arrived Englishwoman eager to see the real India. When the two venture to the mysterious Marabar Caves, the encounter ends in scandal, and the fault lines of race, class, and empire crack wide open beneath them. E. M. Forster constructs his masterwork across three movements — Mosque, Caves, and Temple — each representing a season of the soul as much as a physical location, illustrating the near-impossibility of genuine human connection across cultural and imperial divides. With a prose style of quiet, devastating precision, Forster argues that empire does not merely oppress its subjects; it corrupts the very language of friendship and empathy between peoples. First published in 1924, the novel remains a towering achievement in British literature, celebrated for its psychological depth, moral ambiguity, and its unflinching portrait of a society built on wilful misunderstanding. This illustrated Reader's Digest edition, with an afterword by Scott Russell Sanders, invites a new generation of readers to ask whether the passage Forster envisions — between East and West, self and other — was ever truly possible at all.