Le Torri Del Silenzio The Raj Quartet
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Le Torri Del Silenzio The Raj Quartet
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Author : Paul Scott
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Le Torri Del Silenzio The Raj Quartet written by Paul Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Fiction categories.
The Towers Of Silence
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Author : Paul Scott
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
The Towers Of Silence written by Paul Scott and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Fiction categories.
It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. With their old beliefs and assumptions under increasingly virulent attack, all eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. But Merrick, though outwardly a consummate professional, is brutal and corrupt, and not even his machinations can stop the change that is swiftly and inevitably approaching, change which is increasingly undermining the old myth of British invincibility...
Le Torri Del Silenzio
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Author : Paul Scott
language : it
Publisher: Fazi Editore
Release Date : 2022-08-26T00:00:00+02:00
Le Torri Del Silenzio written by Paul Scott and has been published by Fazi Editore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-26T00:00:00+02:00 with Fiction categories.
Dopo Il gioiello della corona e Il giorno dello scorpione, il terzo capitolo del quartetto del Raj: il capolavoro di Paul Scott, definito il Guerra e pace anglo-indiano. Barbie Batchelor, insegnante missionaria in pensione, viene accolta dall’anziana Mabel, decana della famiglia Layton, come ospite pagante al Rose Cottage di Pankot. Col passare del tempo, tra le due donne nasce una profonda amicizia. Ma Barbie, che ha origini modeste ed è ciarliera e maldestra, non viene accettata dalla buona società di Pankot, in special modo da Mildred Layton, madre di Sarah e Susan. Dal canto suo, Barbie è ossessionata dai fatti cruenti avvenuti in città: l’aggressione subita dalla ex collega Edwina Crane e la violenza carnale di cui è stata vittima Daphne Manners non smettono di riecheggiare nella sua mente. Nel frattempo, la seconda guerra mondiale è giunta alle sue ultime, amare giornate e il Raj britannico si sta sgretolando definitivamente. A Pankot le mogli, le madri, le figlie e le vedove degli ufficiali inglesi coinvolti nel conflitto attendono trepidanti la fine della guerra e il ritorno dei propri cari. Intanto il capitano Merrick, ferito durante un’incursione, dopo un lungo periodo trascorso in un ospedale militare e di passaggio in città, ha un lungo colloquio con Barbie. Sebbene appaia un consumato professionista, l’uomo è brutale e corrotto, ma nemmeno le sue macchinazioni possono arrestare il cambiamento che si sta avvicinando rapidamente e inesorabilmente, un cambiamento che sta minando sempre più il vecchio mito dell’invincibilità britannica... Sui volumi precedenti è stato scritto: «Il gioiello della corona è un’opera poderosa e avvincente, e penso che ancora oggi possa incontrare il favore del pubblico. Si rassicuri il lettore, Paul Scott è uno scrittore amico: la sua prosa è leggera e scorrevole». Luigi Sampietro, «Il Sole 24 Ore» «L’autore è maestro nell’intrecciare drammi macroscopici e vicende personali. Seguendo e incastonando le vite di sei personaggi, Scott allestisce un romanzo coloniale che dietro un dramma privato svela le secolari crudeltà degli inglesi nei confronti di un popolo che non vuole più essere il gioiello della corona britannica ma lotta per trovare la propria identità». Angelo Molica Franco, «il Venerdì – la Repubblica» «Scott scalpella Il giorno dello scorpione come una gemma sfaccettata in cui è racchiuso un cuore liquido; il ritmo vira dall’affrettato al maestoso, la lingua è nitida ma sinuosa, cangiante». Margherita Ghilardi, «il manifesto»
The Towers Of Silence
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Author : Paul Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
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Le Torri Del Silenzio
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Author : Paul Scott
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Le Torri Del Silenzio written by Paul Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Fiction categories.
The Jewel In The Crown
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Author : Paul Scott
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
The Jewel In The Crown written by Paul Scott and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Fiction categories.
___________________ NOW A BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA DRAMATISATION STARRING ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN AND PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH ___________________ BOOK ONE OF THE RAJ QUARTET India 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, a young English girl, is brutally raped in the Bibighat Gardens. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head of her young Indian lover echo the dreadful violence perpetrated on Daphne and reveal the desperate state of Anglo-Indian relations. The rift that will eventually prise India - the jewel in the Imperial Crown - from colonial rule is beginning to gape wide. ___________________ 'A major work, a glittering combination of brilliant craftsmanship, psychological perception and objective reporting... Rarely have the sounds and smells and total atmosphere been so evocatively suggested' - New York Times 'Absorbing and brilliant... A triumph' - Evening Standard 'One of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction... A mighty literary experience' - The Times 'Quite simply, monumental' - Washington Post
The Day Of The Scorpion
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Author : Paul Scott
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Release Date : 1968
The Day Of The Scorpion written by Paul Scott and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Fiction categories.
Continues the story of the last days British rule in India in the early 1940's.
Staying On
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Author : Paul Scott
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-02-11
Staying On written by Paul Scott and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-11 with Fiction categories.
In this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims a degree of independence herself. Eloquent and hilarious, she and Tusker act out class tensions among the British of the Raj and give voice to the loneliness, rage, and stubborn affection in their marriage. Staying On won the Booker Prize in 1977 and was made into a motion picture starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in 1979. "Staying On far transcends the events of its central action. . . . [The work] should help win for Scott . . . the reputation he deserves—as one of the best novelists to emerge from Britain's silver age."—Robert Towers, Newsweek "Scott's vision is both precise and painterly. Like an engraver cross-hatching in the illusion of fullness, he selects nuances that will make his characters take on depth and poignancy."—Jean G. Zorn, New York Times Book Review "A graceful comic coda to the earlier song of India. . . . No one writing knows or can evoke an Anglo-Indian setting better than Scott."—Paul Gray, Time "Staying On provides a sort of postscript to [Scott's] deservedly acclaimed The Raj Quartet. . . . He has, as it were, summoned up the Raj's ghost in Staying On. . . . It is the story of the living death, in retirement, and the final end of a walk-on character from the quartet. . . . Scott has completed the task of covering in the form of a fictional narrative the events leading up to India's partition and the achievement of independence in 1947. It is, on any showing, a creditable achievement."—Malcolm Muggeridge, New York Times Book Review
The Land Of Spices
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Author : Kate O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-05-19
The Land Of Spices written by Kate O'Brien and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with Fiction categories.
AN AWARD-WINNING AND REMARKABLE IRISH NOVELIST 'This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love' SUNDAY TIMES 'If novels can be music, this is a novel with perfect pitch' CLARE BOYLAN 'A fuller appreciation of modern literature and a greater understanding of twentieth century Ireland' IRISH TIMES Mere Marie-Helene once turned her back on life, sealing up her heart in order to devote herself to God. Now the formidable Mother Superior of an Irish convent, she has, for some time, been experiencing grave doubts about her vocation. But when she meets Anna Murphy, the youngest-ever boarder, the little girl's solemn, poetic nature captivates her and she feels 'a storm break in her hollow heart'. Between them an unspoken allegiance is formed that will sustain each through the years as the Reverend Mother seeks to combat her growing spiritual aridity and as Anna develops the strength to resist the conventional demands of her background.
The Door
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Author : Margaret Atwood
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2007
The Door written by Margaret Atwood and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Poetry categories.
The first collection of poetry in more than a decade. Features fifty richly varied poems that range in tone and subject matter.