num_pages: 291
description: 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".
language: English
title: English, August
titlecomplete: English, August
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Asia, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, India, Indian Literature, Novels, Humor
ratings_count: 5831
publisher: Rupa & Co. and Faber and Faber