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A Passage to India by E.M. Forster |
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INDIA_FICTION BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The differences and conflicts of 2 races trying to live together in British-occupied India are explored in this powerful novel. Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century and the basis for director David Lean’s Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India tells of the clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century. In exquisite prose, Forster reveals the menace that lurks just beneath the surface of ordinary life, as a common misunderstanding erupts into a devastating affair. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was born in London. After graduating from Cambridge in 1901, he lived abroad and traveled in Greece, Italy, Egypt, and India, which he visited for the first time in 1912. After serving as a Red Cross volunteer in Egypt during World War I, Forster returned to England, where he devoted his time to writing and lecturing. A classic of modern fiction-teeming with the complexity, mystery, and menace that lurk when cultures collide Hailed as one of the finest novels of the twentieth century and transformed into an Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India hauntingly evokes India at the peak of the British colonial era, complete with the racial tension that underscores every aspect of daily life. Into this setting, Forster introduces Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore, British visitors to Chandrapore who, despite their strong ties to the exclusive colonial community there, are eager for a more savory taste of India. But when their fates tangle with those of Cecil Fielding and his local friend, Dr. Aziz, at the nearby Marabar Caves, the community of Chandrapore is split wide open and everyone's life-British and Indian alike-is inexorably altered. |
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