
The Wizard Swami
Cyril Dabydeen(Author)
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Published on 1. November 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-948833-19-9 (ISBN)
Description
A finely observed comedy of manners, this novel presents an imaginative and poetic play on the symbols of Hinduism in a secular and cosmopolitan society. Devan, a teacher of Hinduism to rural Indians, finds his life turned upside down when he leaves his village and family and heads to the urban, cosmopolitan capital of Georgetown, Guyana. In a city that is ethnically diverse, he meets members of the wealthy and politically cynical Indian elite--an experience at odds with the ardent simplicities of his teaching--Devan is exposed to the dangers of religion when it is made to serve the needs of ethnic assertion. With a blend of humor and sobering insight, this novel explores the friction between religious fundamentalism and cosmopolitanism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 192 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
165 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-948833-19-9 (9780948833199)
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Person
Cyril Dabydeen is the author of numerous novels and collections of poetry, including Drums of My Flesh, Imaginary Origins: Selected Poems, and Play a Song Somebody. He is a four-time finalist for Canada's Archibald Lampman Poetry Prize.