
The Birds of Paradise
Paul Scott(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 22. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-226-08793-1 (ISBN)
Description
Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy The Raj Quartet, an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott's own time spent in India during World War II, this powerful novel provides valuable insight into how foreign lands changed the British who worked and fought in them, hated and loved them. A coming of age tale, The Birds of Paradise is the story of a boy and his childhood friendship with the daughter of a British diplomat and the son of the Raja. Scott artfully brings his young narrator's voice to life with evocative language and an eye for detail, capturing the pangs of childhood and the bittersweet fog of memory with nostalgic yet immediate prose
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
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The University of Chicago Press
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-226-08793-1 (9780226087931)
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