English August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

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English August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

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Summary

Agastya Sen is a young civil servant whose imagination is dominated by women, literature and soft drugs. Posted to the small, provincial town of Madna, this is his account of a year spent in the sticks.

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English August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Agastya Sen, a young civil servant is posted to Madna where he experiences kitsch in all its forms - relics of the British Empire, temples, monsoons, Gandhi, savants. In his confusion he lurches towards the Hindu belief in the virtues of renunciation and an uncertain, traumatic, self-knowledge. The author has also written "The Assassination of Indira Gandhi" which was chosen for "Best Short Stories of 1986".

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ISBN 13 9780571153190
ISBN 10 0571153194
Title English August
Author Upamanyu Chatterjee
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1989-07-03
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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