Red Earth and Pouring Rain
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The gods of poetry and death descend on a house in India to vie for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey must tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result is Red Earth and Pouring Rain , Vikram Chandra's astonishing, vibrant novel. Interweaving tales of nineteenth-century India with modern America, it stands in the tradition of The Thousand and One Nights , a work of vivid imagination and a celebration of the power of storytelling itself.
Author: Vikram Chandra
Format: Paperback, 624 pages, 135mm x 200mm, 400 g
Published: 2007, Faber & Faber, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
The gods of poetry and death descend on a house in India to vie for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey must tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result is Red Earth and Pouring Rain , Vikram Chandra's astonishing, vibrant novel. Interweaving tales of nineteenth-century India with modern America, it stands in the tradition of The Thousand and One Nights , a work of vivid imagination and a celebration of the power of storytelling itself.
Red Earth and Pouring Rain