Hussein: An Entertainment
A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared this book to Kipling's Kim and called it a gorgeous entertainment.Of this early work, published when he was in his early twenties, Patrick O'Brian writes in a foreword: In the writing of the book I learnt the rudiments of my calling: but more than that, it opened a well of joy that has not yet run dry. The story is about a young mahout—or elephant handler—his childhood and life in India, and his relationship and adventures with elephants. As a boy, Hussein falls in love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for another of her s…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-34447-9
- EAN: 9780393344479
- Produktnummer: 34246775
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 605 KB
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One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O'Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.
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