| Author: | Paul Scott | ISBN: | 9780226029283 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | May 25, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Scott |
| ISBN: | 9780226029283 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | May 25, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
India, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara Batchelor, bears witness to the connections between many human dramas; the love between Daphne Manner and Hari Kumar; the desperate grief an old teacher feels for an India she cannot rescue; and the cruelty of Captain Ronald Merrick, Susan Layton's future husband.
India, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara Batchelor, bears witness to the connections between many human dramas; the love between Daphne Manner and Hari Kumar; the desperate grief an old teacher feels for an India she cannot rescue; and the cruelty of Captain Ronald Merrick, Susan Layton's future husband.
