Kim Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 161382498X ISBN-13: 9781613824986 Publisher: Simon & Brown OUR PRICE: $12.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | Psychological |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 940 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7" W x 10" (1.27 lbs) 332 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 29969 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white.Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Includes illustration |