Kipling Rudyard - Kim - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex. Kim is Rudyard Kipling's finest work. Now controversial this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama an ageing priest; and both embark on a combined quest. Whereas Kim has an insatiable interest in the varied activities around him the lama seeks redemption from the Wheel of Life . Kim becomes involved in the Great Game : undertaking espionage for the British rulers. This engrossing and moving novel with its diversity of memorable characters offers many insights into political religious and social tensions.
Title: Kim
Author(s): Kipling Rudyard, Watts, Professor Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Emeritus Professor Of English, University Of Sussex)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Barcode: 9781853260995
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 5/5/1994
Series: Wordsworth Classics
(Editor: Carabine, Dr Keith (University of Kent at Canterbury))
Category: Classic Fiction