| Kim: (Rudyard Kipling Classics Collection) Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508763763 ISBN-13: 9781508763765 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.90 lbs) 304 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: Kim clicked round the self-registering turnstile; the old man followed and halted amazed. In the entrance-hall stood the larger figures of the Greco-Buddhist sculptures done, savants know how long since, by forgotten workmen whose hands were feeling, and not unskilfully, for the mysteriously transmitted Grecian touch. There were hundreds of pieces, friezes of figures in relief, fragments of statues and slabs crowded with figures that had encrusted the brick walls of the Buddhist stupas and viharas of the North Country and now, dug up and labelled, made the pride of the Museum. In open-mouthed wonder the lama turned to this and that, and finally checked in rapt attention before a large alto-relief representing a coronation or apotheosis of the Lord Buddha. The Master was represented seated on a lotus the petals of which were so deeply undercut as to show almost detached. Round Him was an adoring hierarchy of kings, elders, and old-time Buddhas. Below were lotus-covered waters with fishes and water-birds. Two butterfly-winged devas held a wreath over His head; above them another pair supported an umbrella surmounted by the jewelled headdress of the Bodhisat. |