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The Hill of Devi
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Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Author: E.M. Forster
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The Hill of Devi Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 954.3
EAN: 9780156402651
ISBN: 0156402653
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1971-09-29
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 954.3
EAN: 9780156402651
ISBN: 0156402653
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 272
Publication Date: 1971-09-29
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Editorial Review of The Hill of Devi
The author's experiences as private secretary to a brilliant young Maharajah. Forster creates a complex portrait of a true ruler. Photographs.
Customer Reviews of The Hill of Devi
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Review Summary: the experience from which Passage to India was drawn
Review: Forster spent a couple of years working as a secretary for an indigenous royal within the British Raj, a situation quite different from that of most Britishers working out in the Empire at that time and resulting in an experience, outward and inward, quite different from the ferociously enforced norm. Of course the man was quite different from the ferociously enforced norm to start with. This is Forster's account of that experience, and, aside from his own story, it includes a lot of interesting details of the "India" of that time, some of which still hold true (e.g. an innate tendency toward political intrigue, and generally the overwhelming social structure), and some of which are now receding into history (e.g. enormous morning flights of fruit bats returning to their roosts in the jungle, and generally the overwhelming presence of nature).
Anyone who whose enjoyment of "Passage" went beyond plot and characterization will find quite a bit of edification in the cultural information supplied here. Of course, not being a novel, it lacks the full narrative impulse that people enjoy in "Passage", if they enjoyed it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The book is really helpful to understanding Passage
Review: To be frank,I never have the chance to read the book,yet I ever read lots of essays and thesis telling me that the book is really helpful to a student intending to have a in-depth search of Passage,so I wish to get the book for a long time.Although I tried all means, I haven't gotten the book.That's why I've come to the Amazon.
Review Summary: the experience from which Passage to India was drawn
Review: Forster spent a couple of years working as a secretary for an indigenous royal within the British Raj, a situation quite different from that of most Britishers working out in the Empire at that time and resulting in an experience, outward and inward, quite different from the ferociously enforced norm. Of course the man was quite different from the ferociously enforced norm to start with. This is Forster's account of that experience, and, aside from his own story, it includes a lot of interesting details of the "India" of that time, some of which still hold true (e.g. an innate tendency toward political intrigue, and generally the overwhelming social structure), and some of which are now receding into history (e.g. enormous morning flights of fruit bats returning to their roosts in the jungle, and generally the overwhelming presence of nature).
Anyone who whose enjoyment of "Passage" went beyond plot and characterization will find quite a bit of edification in the cultural information supplied here. Of course, not being a novel, it lacks the full narrative impulse that people enjoy in "Passage", if they enjoyed it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The book is really helpful to understanding Passage
Review: To be frank,I never have the chance to read the book,yet I ever read lots of essays and thesis telling me that the book is really helpful to a student intending to have a in-depth search of Passage,so I wish to get the book for a long time.Although I tried all means, I haven't gotten the book.That's why I've come to the Amazon.