Bibliograph

Red earth and pouring rain, a novel, Vikram Chandra

Type

Label

Red earth and pouring rain, a novel, Vikram Chandra

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Red earth and pouring rain

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

669069521

Responsibility statement

Vikram Chandra

Sub title

a novel

Summary

An Indian student, home from college in the U.S., shoots a monkey who turns out to be the reincarnation of a poet. Subsequently the two take turns telling their story, the poet recalling epic deeds of glory in fighting the British Raj, the student of materialism and boredom in America

Table Of Contents

The book of war and ancestors -- The book of learning and desolation -- The book of blood and journeys -- The book of revenge and madness -- The book of the return

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