Moulik achala (61 risultati)

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Condizione: New. pp. 360.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Rogues among the Ruins portray the conflict of civil servants caught between ideals and thirst for success. The novel adopts the style of great masters like Gogol and Cervantes who, in their search for truth, evoke laughter through tears. The first part of the novel is a gripping fictionalized account of the workings of the Archaeological Survey of India and the painful predicaments of a dedicated but naïve scholar faced with temptations. The scholar's son, a morally indifferent bureaucrat, chronicles a later era in the second part. Through tawdry dramas, administrative acrobatics of sycophants and hypocrites, he encounters the sordid reality of powerful men and women who think they rule the country. With sardonic humour, sympathy and reluctant respect the narrator takes the reader on a journey through Glory Road where principles are discarded by the ambitious, where the proud encounter humiliations, where idealists are scorned, and sometimes those with stubborn strength overcome ordeals.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fine.

Condizione: New. pp. 312.

Condizione: New. pp. 360.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Condizione: New. pp. 379.

Condizione: New. pp. 121.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Phantom Lovers comprises two lyrical novellasWith Fate Conspire and Wait!With Fate Conspire narrates how, despite the antagonism between the imperial British and the subjugated Indians, a young British magistrate is entranced by a zamindars daughter in Bengal. On a stormy night they elope to their planned paradiseuntil the Mutiny of 1857 intrudes on their lives. A century later in London their predicament is mysteriously reflected in the turbulent fate of another Englishman and an Indian girl.Wait! is about two lovers in Romean Afghan academic and an Indian woman who plan an idyllic life together. Then the violent coup of April 1978 in Afghanistan forever changes their destinies and of that nation.Caught in these tempests the separated lovers in both stories defy danger and despair as they travel across strange frontiers of time and space to find their lost beloveds. With haunting beauty the award-winning author describes the destinies of the lovers against the dramatic background of the British Raj in Bengal as well as the conflicts of our times across Kabul, Rome and London. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Condizione: New. No Jacket. New hardcover: very slight shelf-wear (i.e.abrasion) to edges of dust jacket; otherwise, a crisp, clean copy. INV#H-25.

Condizione: New. pp. 121.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Phantom Lovers comprises two lyrical novellas With Fate Conspire and Wait! With Fate Conspire narrates how, despite the antagonism between the imperial British and the subjugated Indians, a young British magistrate is entranced by a zamindar s daughter in Bengal. On a stormy night they elope to their planned paradise until the Mutiny of 1857 intrudes on their lives. A century later in London their predicament is mysteriously reflected in the turbulent fate of another Englishman and an Indian girl. Wait! is about two lovers in Rome an Afghan academic and an Indian woman who plan an idyllic life together. Then the violent coup of April 1978 in Afghanistan forever changes their destinies and of that nation. Caught in these tempests the separated lovers in both stories defy danger and despair as they travel across strange frontiers of time and space to find their lost beloveds. With haunting beauty the award-winning author describes the destinies of the lovers against the dramatic background of the British Raj in Bengal as well as the conflicts of our times across Kabul, Rome and London.…

Condizione: New. pp. 379.

Condizione: New. pp. 379.

Condizione: New. pp. 296.

Condizione: New. pp. 296.

Condizione: New. pp. xvi + 440 Figures 10 Maps.

Condizione: New. pp. xvi + 440 Acknowledgements.

Condizione: New. pp. xvi + 440, 10 Maps, Index 1st Published.

Condizione: New. pp. 296.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9788173053634.

N.A. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789389136692,312pp.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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