The birds of paradise
Subtitle: a novel
By: Paul Scott
Edition: University of Chicago Press edition.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780226087931; 9780226088099
Copyright date: 1962
Description: "Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy "The Raj Quartet," an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott's own time spent in India during World War II, this powerful novel provides valuable insight into how foreign lands changed the British who worked and fought in them, hated and loved them. A coming of age tale, "The Birds of Paradise "is the story of a boy and his childhood friendship with the daughter of a British diplomat and the son of the Raja. Scott artfully brings his young narrator's voice to life with evocative language and an eye for detail, capturing the pangs of childhood and the bittersweet fog of memory with nostalgic yet immediate prose"--Provided by the publisher.
Table of contents: title: The wheeling horseman; title: On the banks of the water; title: The view from the terrace; title: Against the wind.