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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307263975
ISBN-139780307263971
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Book TitleRaj Quartet (2) : the Towers of Silence, a Division of the Spoils; Introduction by Hilary Spurling
Number of Pages1032 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicClassics, Literary, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorPaul Scott
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight30.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Reviews" [A] vast and impressive novel about the last days of the British raj in India." - "Time" " Remarkable . . . Never has the theme- relations between Europeans and non-Europeans- been treated as brilliantly." - "The New Yorker" " Through the Layton family the changing spirit of the raj may be judged . . . From a work like this . . . all who care about fiction can take heart." - "London Times" " Magnificent. . . . Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful. He makes us become his people, sometimes by grinding us down under their anguish. I cannot think of anything worth knowing about the raj that Scott hasn' t told me. . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." - "The New York Times Book Review" " ["A Division of the Spoils"' ] two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the extraordinary range of characters it so skillfully portrays and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of British India." - "Times Literary Supplement", "[A] vast and impressive novel about the last days of the British raj in India." Time "Remarkable . . . Never has the themerelations between Europeans and non-Europeansbeen treated as brilliantly." The New Yorker "Through the Layton family the changing spirit of the raj may be judged . . . From a work like this . . . all who care about fiction can take heart." London Times "Magnificent. . . . Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful. He makes us become his people, sometimes by grinding us down under their anguish. I cannot think of anything worth knowing about the raj that Scott hasn't told me. . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." The New York Times Book Review "[ A Division of the Spoils '] two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the extraordinary range of characters it so skillfully portrays and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of British India." Times Literary Supplement, "[A] vast and impressive novel about the last days of the British raj in India." -"Time" "Remarkable . . . Never has the theme-relations between Europeans and non-Europeans-been treated as brilliantly." -"The New Yorker" "Through the Layton family the changing spirit of the raj may be judged . . . From a work like this . . . all who care about fiction can take heart." -"London Times" "Magnificent. . . . Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful. He makes us become his people, sometimes by grinding us down under their anguish. I cannot think of anything worth knowing about the raj that Scott hasn't told me. . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." -"The New York Times Book Review" "["A Division of the Spoils"'] two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the extraordinary range of characters it so skillfully portrays and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of British India." -"Times Literary Supplement", "[A] vast and impressive novel about the last days of the British raj in India." Time "Remarkable . . . Never has the themerelations between Europeans and non-Europeansbeen treated as brilliantly." The New Yorker "Through the Layton family the changing spirit of the raj may be judged . . . From a work like this . . . all who care about fiction can take heart." London Times "Magnificent. . . . Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful. He makes us become his people, sometimes by grinding us down under their anguish. I cannot think of anything worth knowing about the raj that Scott hasn't told me. . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." The New York Times Book Review "[A Division of the Spoils'] two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the extraordinary range of characters it so skillfully portrays and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of British India." Times Literary Supplement
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Dewey Edition21
Series Volume NumberNos. 3-4
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisThe Raj Quartet , Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence from Britain. In The Towers of Silence , Barbie Batchelor, a British missionary and schoolteacher, befriends a British family and witnesses the trial of Hari Kumar, an Indian man accused of assaulting his beloved Daphne Manners, while observing the dangerously cruel Captain Ronald Merrick, Hari's nemesis. In A Division of the Spoils , the chaos of the departure of the British and the fervor of Partition wreaks havoc upon the twilight of the Raj -- and the end of a era. On occasions unsparing in its study of personal dramas and racial differences, the Raj Quartet is at all times profoundly humane, not least in the author's capacity to identify with a huge range of characters. It is also illuminated by delicate social comedy and wonderful evocations of the Indian scene, all narrated in luminous prose. The other two novels in the Raj Quartet, The Jewel in the Crown and The Day of the Scorpion , are also available from Everyman's Library. With a new introduction by Hilary Spurling, (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) With a New Introduction by Hilary Spurling"" "The Raj Quartet," Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and Proustian in detail but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence from Britain. In "The Towers of Silence," Barbie Batchelor, a British missionary and schoolteacher, befriends a British family and witnesses the trial of Hari Kumar, an Indian man accused of assaulting his beloved Daphne Manners, while observing the dangerously cruel Captain Ronald Merrick, Hari's nemesis. In "A Division of the Spoils," the chaos of the departure of the British and the fervor of Partition wreaks havoc upon the twilight of the Raj -- and the end of a era. On occasions unsparing in its study of personal dramas and racial differences, the "Raj Quartet "is at all times profoundly humane, not least in the author's capacity to identify with a huge range of characters. It is also illuminated by delicate social comedy and wonderful evocations of the Indian scene, all narrated in luminous prose. The other two novels in the Raj Quartet, "The Jewel in the Crown" and "The Day of the Scorpion," are also available from Everyman's Library.
