A Passage To India
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the heart of the British Raj's twilight years in India, A Passage to India chronicles the collision of cultures, prejudice, and friendship through a fateful excursion to the Marabar Caves — an event that unravels the lives of an idealistic young Englishwoman, a well-meaning Indian doctor, and a colonial society held together by fear and suspicion. E. M. Forster presents a masterwork of dramatic irony and moral complexity, set against the dusty plains and echoing landscapes of colonial India, where misunderstanding becomes a weapon and goodwill is never enough to bridge the vast divide between ruler and ruled. Forster's prose is precise, empathetic, and devastating in equal measure, wielding quiet irony to expose the psychological machinery of imperialism and the tragedy of human disconnection. Widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India remains a searingly relevant meditation on race, power, and the limits of cross-cultural understanding — leaving the reader to wonder whether true friendship between conqueror and conquered is ever truly possible.
Author: E. M. Forster
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the heart of the British Raj's twilight years in India, A Passage to India chronicles the collision of cultures, prejudice, and friendship through a fateful excursion to the Marabar Caves — an event that unravels the lives of an idealistic young Englishwoman, a well-meaning Indian doctor, and a colonial society held together by fear and suspicion. E. M. Forster presents a masterwork of dramatic irony and moral complexity, set against the dusty plains and echoing landscapes of colonial India, where misunderstanding becomes a weapon and goodwill is never enough to bridge the vast divide between ruler and ruled. Forster's prose is precise, empathetic, and devastating in equal measure, wielding quiet irony to expose the psychological machinery of imperialism and the tragedy of human disconnection. Widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, A Passage to India remains a searingly relevant meditation on race, power, and the limits of cross-cultural understanding — leaving the reader to wonder whether true friendship between conqueror and conquered is ever truly possible.