TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Mishra,Pankaj
TI  -  The romantics : :  a novel 
SN  -  0385720807
AV  -  PR9499.3.M538   R66 2000
U1  -  823   21
PY  - 2000///
CY  -  New York : 
PB  -  Random House
KW  -  English fiction
KW  -  Indic authors
KW  -  College students
KW  -  Fiction
KW  -  East and West
KW  -  Young men
KW  -  Varanasi (India)
KW  -  Indic fiction
N2  - The young Brahman Samar has come to the holy city of Benares to complete his education and take the civil service exam that will determine his future. But in this city redolent of timeworn customs, where pilgrims bathe in the sacred Ganges and breathe in smoke from burning ghats along the shore, Samar is offered entirely different perspectives on his country. Miss West and her circle, indifferent to the reality around them, represent those drawn to India as a respite from the material world. And Rajesh, a sometimes violent, sometimes mystical leader of student malcontents, presents a more jaundiced view. More than merely illustrating the clash of cultures, Mishra presents the universal truth that our desire for the other is our most painful joy
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