A River Sutra
A Indian Literature, Fiction, India book. The extraordinary thing about inventing a persona is that one...
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- Pages: 304 pages
- ISBN: 9780679752479 / 679752471
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The extraordinary thing about inventing a persona is that one is loathe to give it up, especially if the fiction sits comfortably. Gita Mehta, A River Sutra
This was a very clever tale. It weaves a modern set of stories and myths of India with the ancient religious myths and legends encompassing several different religions and world views. Memorable Quotes:"The goddess is just the principle of life. She is every illusion that is inspiring love...Call her what you will, but she is what a... [image error]I freely admit that I more or less bought "A River Sutra" because it was the recommended book with the prettiest cover (Note: The Vintage paperback, not the other editions!).The back blurb tells us that this book "tells the story of a retired bureaucrat who has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house... This book tries too hard. On the face of it, it is a collection of stories that an Indian bureaucrat comes across during his self-imposed exile on the banks of the River Narmada. However, none of the accounts really add to the plot and in the end I was left wondering why they were included. The imagery was very trite for instance this...
