| A Passage to India: Introduction by P. N. Furbank Contributor(s): Forster, E. M. (Author), Furbank, P. N. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0679405496 ISBN-13: 9780679405498 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Britain's three-hundred-year relationship with the Indian subcontinent produced much fiction of interest but only one indisputable masterpiece: E. M. Forster's "A Passage to India," published in 1924, at the height of the Indian independence movement. Centering on an ambiguous incident between a young Englishwoman of uncertain stability and an Indian doctor eager to know his conquerors better, Forster's book explores, with unexampled profundity, both the historical chasm between races and the eternal one between individuals struggling to ease their isolation and make sense of their humanity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92052900 |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.23" W x 8.18" (1.12 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16718 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Britain's three-hundred-year relationship with the Indian subcontinent produced much fiction of interest but only one indisputable masterpiece: E. M. Forster's A Passage to India, published in 1924, at the height of the Indian independence movement. Centering on an ambiguous incident between a young Englishwoman of uncertain stability and an Indian doctor eager to know his conquerors better, Forster's book explores, with unexampled profundity, both the historical chasm between races and the eternal one between individuals struggling to ease their isolation and make sense of their humanity. |