| Author: | Sudhin N. Ghose | ISBN: | 9789386338273 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd | Publication: | February 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Speaking Tiger Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sudhin N. Ghose |
| ISBN: | 9789386338273 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd |
| Publication: | February 9, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Speaking Tiger Books |
| Language: | English |
In the Penhari Parganas, a district in pre-Independence Bengal, a young man prepares to leave for Calcutta. Amidst apprehensions, and warnings about the perils of the big city, he revisits his adolescence—his search for a profession among carpenters, watch-repairers and potters, all of whom advise him to become a scholar instead; a summer spent teaching Santali children, and his first exciting brush with love at the school; a foolhardy pony-ride which broke his back; and his intense re-enactment of the legend of Lord Balaram and his plough which ended a harsh drought and brought rain.
Reminiscent of the *Puranas *and the great epics, full of diverse characters and digressions which seamlessly combine into one rich whole, *Cradle of the Clouds *paints a vivid picture of a child growing up in an Indian village.
Published in 1951, *Cradle of the Clouds *is second in Sudhin N. Ghose’s quartet of novels which follows the young man—introduced as an orphan in And Gazelles Leaping—as he grows from a wide-eyed child into a disillusioned adult. Long-neglected classics, these novels are being reissued for the first time in more than half a century.
In the Penhari Parganas, a district in pre-Independence Bengal, a young man prepares to leave for Calcutta. Amidst apprehensions, and warnings about the perils of the big city, he revisits his adolescence—his search for a profession among carpenters, watch-repairers and potters, all of whom advise him to become a scholar instead; a summer spent teaching Santali children, and his first exciting brush with love at the school; a foolhardy pony-ride which broke his back; and his intense re-enactment of the legend of Lord Balaram and his plough which ended a harsh drought and brought rain.
Reminiscent of the *Puranas *and the great epics, full of diverse characters and digressions which seamlessly combine into one rich whole, *Cradle of the Clouds *paints a vivid picture of a child growing up in an Indian village.
Published in 1951, *Cradle of the Clouds *is second in Sudhin N. Ghose’s quartet of novels which follows the young man—introduced as an orphan in And Gazelles Leaping—as he grows from a wide-eyed child into a disillusioned adult. Long-neglected classics, these novels are being reissued for the first time in more than half a century.
