num_pages: 640
description: Set in the war-torn world of Mughal India and first published in the gathering darkness of the 1930s, the three novels collected in The Root and the Flower are stories of intrigue, murder, and romance; of Tantric abandonment and Buddhist renunciation; of emotional delirium and spiritual adventure. This enthralling visionary trilogy is, as Penelope Fitzgerald remarks in her introduction, a "strange masterpiece," and one of the unsung glories of modern literature.
language: English
title: The Root and the Flower
titlecomplete: The Root and the Flower (New York Review Books Classics)
genres: 20th Century, Literature, India, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 61
places: India, Mughal Empire
awards: awardedAt: -1104508800000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -1072972800000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: NYRB Classics