Kim by Rudyard Kipling: With Original Illustrations

Kipling, Rudyard

ISBN 13: 9798740215358

Published by Independently published, 2021

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kim by Rudyard Kipling: With Original Illustrations
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798740215358
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 600 grams

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Synopsis

Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel,

trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between

white and non-white.

Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama -

are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is

nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism,

he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through

the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for

redemption from the Wheel of Life.

A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim'

captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of

the British Raj.