| Author: | Alice Perrin | ISBN: | 9789385755132 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd | Publication: | December 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Speaking Tiger Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alice Perrin |
| ISBN: | 9789385755132 |
| Publisher: | Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd |
| Publication: | December 12, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Speaking Tiger Books |
| Language: | English |
A woman’s ghost comes calling for her devoted husband; an amulet hastily given to a British officer saves him from a man-eating tiger; a happily married young woman finds herself reminiscing about someone lost for ever; an ayah sings lullabies to her imaginary charge; and an obnoxious self-made man loses his family in a flash.
Written and set in late-nineteenth-century India, the stories in East of Suez—domestic dramas, shikar stories, hauntings and grand love affairs—chronicle the lives and after-lives of the sahibs and memsahibs of the Raj. Sharply observed and timeless in its evocation of an age long past, East of Suez is a memorable and gripping read.
A woman’s ghost comes calling for her devoted husband; an amulet hastily given to a British officer saves him from a man-eating tiger; a happily married young woman finds herself reminiscing about someone lost for ever; an ayah sings lullabies to her imaginary charge; and an obnoxious self-made man loses his family in a flash.
Written and set in late-nineteenth-century India, the stories in East of Suez—domestic dramas, shikar stories, hauntings and grand love affairs—chronicle the lives and after-lives of the sahibs and memsahibs of the Raj. Sharply observed and timeless in its evocation of an age long past, East of Suez is a memorable and gripping read.
