A River Sutra - (Vintage International) by Gita Mehta (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming. "Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible".--Vanity Fair.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Set on the banks of India's holiest river amid the constant traffic of pilgrims, archaeologists, policemen, priests, and traders, A River Sutra weaves the richness of India into the dangerous lives of its characters. A bureaucrat retires to the sacred river in search of tranquility only to encounter a girl fleeing her kidnappers, a naked ascetic and the child he has saved from prostitution, a teacher who confesses to murder, a millionaire monk, and a musician silenced by desire. Instead of finding serenity, the bureaucrat is forced to confront the powers of mythology, religion, music, and philosophy, and to acknowledge that the holy river has a sanctity more threatening than he can imagine. In this exquisitely written novel, Gita Mehta uses the traditional forms of Indian story-telling to explore the savagery of human love and to illuminate the paradoxes of India.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gita Mehta</b> is the author of the bestselling books <i>Karma Cola, Raj, A River Sutra, </i>and<i> Snakes and Ladders</i>. She divides her time between New York, London, and India.
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