Kim

Rudyard Kipling

ISBN 10: 0141442379 / ISBN 13: 9780141442372

Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2011

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An epic rendition of the imperial experience in India, and perhaps his greatest long work, the Penguin Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim is edited with an introduction by Harish Trivedi, and includes a general preface by Jan Montefiore.Kim, orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white mother, and the lama, an old ascetic priest, are on a quest. Kim was born and raised in India and plays with the slum children as he lives on the streets, but he is white, a sahib, and wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism; while the priest must find redemption from the Wheel of Things. Kim celebrates their friendship and their journeys in a beautiful but hostile environment, capturing the opulence of the exotic landscape and the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Filled with rich description and vivid characters, this beguiling coming of age story is considered to be Kipling's masterpiece. Part of a series of new editions of Kipling's works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains a General Preface by Jan Montefiore and an introduction by Harish Trivedi placing the novel in its literary and social context.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay. In 1882 he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches and poems - notably Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) - which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. His most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and the Just So Stories (1902). Kipling refused to accept the role of Poet Laureate and other civil honours, but he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, in 1907.If you enjoyed Kim, you might like E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, also available in Penguin Classics.'Kipling's last work is . his best, and not easily comparable with the work of any other man'Atlantic.

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• Titolo: Kim
• Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, GB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0141442379
• ISBN 13: 9780141442372
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 315 grammi

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Una resa epica dell'esperienza imperiale in India, e forse la sua più grande opera lunga, l'edizione Penguin Classics di Kim di Rudyard Kipling è curata con un'introduzione di Harish Trivedi e include una prefazione generale di Jan Montefiore. Kim, figlio orfano di un soldato irlandese e di una povera madre bianca, e il lama, un vecchio prete ascetico, sono in cerca di una via d'uscita. Kim è nato e cresciuto in India e gioca con i bambini delle baraccopoli mentre vive per strada, ma è bianco, un sahib e vuole giocare al Grande Gioco dell'Imperialismo; mentre il prete deve trovare la redenzione dalla Ruota delle Cose. Kim celebra la loro amicizia e i loro viaggi in un ambiente bello ma ostile, catturando l'opulenza del paesaggio esotico e la presenza inquietante del Raj britannico. Ricca di descrizioni ricche e personaggi vividi, questa accattivante storia di formazione è considerata il capolavoro di Kipling. Parte di una serie di nuove edizioni delle opere di Kipling in Penguin Classics, questo volume contiene una prefazione generale di Jan Montefiore e un'introduzione di Harish Trivedi che colloca il romanzo nel suo contesto letterario e sociale. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) nacque a Bombay. Nel 1882 iniziò a lavorare come giornalista in India e, mentre era lì, produsse una serie di opere, racconti, schizzi e poesie, in particolare Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), che lo resero una celebrità letteraria istantanea quando tornò in Inghilterra nel 1889. Le sue opere più famose includono The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) e Just So Stories (1902). Kipling rifiutò di accettare il ruolo di Poeta Laureato e altri onori civili, ma fu il primo scrittore inglese a ricevere il Premio Nobel, nel 1907. Se ti è piaciuto Kim, potresti apprezzare Passaggio in India di EM Forster, disponibile anche su Penguin Classics. 'L'ultima opera di Kipling è. La sua migliore, e non facilmente paragonabile al lavoro di nessun altro uomo' Atlantic.

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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was born in Bombay. During his time at the United Services College, he began to write poetry, privately publishing Schoolboy Lyrics in 1881. The following year he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches, and poems —including “Mandalay,” “Gunga Din,” and “Danny Deever”—which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. While living in Vermont with his wife, an American, Kipling wrote The Jungle Books, Just So Stories, and Kim—which became widely regarded as his greatest long work, putting him high among the chronicles of British expansion. Kipling returned to England in 1902, but he continued to travel widely and write, though he never enjoyed the literary esteem of his early years. In 1907, he became the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

Jan Montefiore (series editor) is a professor of twentieth-century English literature at the University of Kent. She is the author of Men and Women Writers of the 1930s (1996); Arguments of Heart and Mind: Selected Essays 1977-2000 (2002); Feminism and Poetry (3rd edition, 2004); and Rudyard Kipling (2007).

Harish Trivedi (editor/introducer) is a professor of English at the University of Delhi. He is author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India (1993), and has co-edited The Nation across the World: Postcolonial Literary Representations (2007) and Literature and Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990 (2000).