Serpent And The Rope - Softcover

Rao, Raja

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143422332 ISBN 13: 9780143422334

Publisher: India Penguin Modern Classics, 2014

Synopsis

'Lyrical, fluid, colloquial'---The New York Times

Rama, a young scholar, meets Madeleine at a university in France. Though they seem to be made for each other, both alike in temperament and character, at times they are divided, a huge gulf separating them. Rama's trip back to India for his father's illness forcibly reminds him of the underlying contrasts between India and Europe, and of a certain conflict between them in himself. When he returns to France, Rama and Madeleine must face the problems in their marriage. Can they preserve their identities, or must one sacrifice one's inheritance to make the relationship a success?

'More than any other writer of his generation [Rao] established the status of Indian literature in English'---The Hindu

About this title

About the Author

Raja Rao (1909-2006), a path-breaker of Indian writing in English, was born in Hassan, Mysore. After he graduated from Madras University, he went on to the University of Montpellier in France on a scholarship. He moved to the United States in 1966, where he taught at the University of Texas at Austin until 1983, when he retired as emeritus professor.

Edition details

• Publisher: India Penguin Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143422332
• ISBN 13: 9780143422334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 455