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A Passage to India

内容简介

Exploringissuesofcolonialism,faithandthelimitsofcomprehension,E.M.Forster'sAPassagetoIndiaiseditedbyOliverStallybrass,withanintroductionbyPankajMishra.WhenAdelaQuestedandherelderlycompanionMrsMoorearriveintheIndiantownofChandrapore,theyquicklyfeeltrappedbyitsinsularandprejudiced'Anglo-Indian'community.DeterminedtoescapetheparochialEnglishenclaveandexplorethe'realIndia',theyseektheguidanceofthecharmingandmercurialDrAziz,acultivatedIndianMuslim.ButamysteriousincidentoccurswhiletheyareexploringtheMarabarcaveswithAziz,andthewell-respecteddoctorsoonfindshimselfatthecentreofascandalthatrousesviolentpassionsamongboththeBritishandtheirIndiansubjects.Amasterlyportraitofasocietyinthegripofimperialism,APassagetoIndiacompellinglydepictsthefateofindividualscaughtbetweenthegreatpoliticalandculturalconflictsofthemodernworld.Inhisintroduction,PankajMishraoutlinesForster'scomplexengagementwithIndiansocietyandculture.ThiseditionreproducestheAbingertextandnotes,andalsoincludesfourofForster'sessaysonIndia,achronologyandfurtherreading.

作者简介

EdwardMorganForster(1879-1970)wrotesixnovels-WhereAngelsFeartoTread(1905),TheLongestJourney(1907),ARoomwithaView(1908),HowardsEnd(1910),APassagetoIndia(1924).Maurice,writtenin1914,waspublishedposthumouslyin1971.Healsopublishedtwovolumesofshortstories;twocollectionsofessays;acriticalwork(AspectsoftheNovel);TheHillofDevi;twobiographies;twobooksaboutAlexandria;andthelibrettoforBritten'soperaBillyBudd.PankajMishrawasborninNorthIndiain1969andistheauthorofTheRomantics:ANovelandAnEndtoSuffering:TheBuddhaintheWorld.

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Penguin Classics

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