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  • Published: 3 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780241958865
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288

The Elephanta Suite

  • Paul Theroux



We think we know India. But as Paul Theroux reveals, we need to think again . . .

This fabulous, far-reaching book breathtakingly captures the tumult, ambition, hardship and serenity that mark modern India.

Theroux's characters risk venturing far beyond its well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A holidaying middle-aged couple veer heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds relief in Mumbai's reeking slums. A young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters as distinctive as they are indicative of their country's subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is transformed by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more.

The Elephanta Suite urges us towards a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of India and its effect on those who try to lose - or find - themselves there.

  • Published: 3 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780241958865
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288