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| Original Title: | The Towers of Silence |
| ISBN: | 0226743438 (ISBN13: 9780226743431) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Raj Quartet #3 |
| Characters: | Mohammed Ali Kasim, Count Bronowsky, Mabel Layton, Barbie Batchelor, Sarah Layton, Susan Layton, Mildred Layton, Ronald Merrick, Ahmed Kasim, Fenella Grace, Arthur Grace, Kevin Coley |
| Setting: | India,1943 |
Paul Scott
Paperback | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 4.29 | 1185 Users | 85 Reviews
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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.
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| Title | : | The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet #3) |
| Author | : | Paul Scott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1998 by University of Chicago Press (first published 1971) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. India. Literature |
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Ratings: 4.29 From 1185 Users | 85 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet #3)
May be my favourite of the quartet to date. Events from the preceding novels are told from the perspective of characters who were of secondary importance in the preceding novels. The main character here is Barbie Batchelor. Barbie is frail, careworn but quite a strong character in her own right. It's through this novel that the differing class structure and prejudices really stood out. Actually enjoyed seeing past events through the eyes of the secondary characters, for my mind they offered aI liked this third book in the Raj Quartet much better than the first two. The author is bringing his characters to a maturity that gives the reader some insight into their personalities. Those who we thought were peripheral have turned out to be major players in the story. As is Scott's style, the reader is left on his/her own to interpret some of the situations that arise and he can change one's thinking with a single sentence. The days of the Raj are disappearing and it is interesting to see
This book is the third one of the series The Raj Quartet.Some historical background which is important in order to follow the plot:Pankot, Barbie Batchlor's new home:Page 50: Gandhi's quit India resolution (Quit India Movement), August 14th, 1942.Page 100: Subhas Chandra Bose takes the leadership of the Indian National Army.Page 284: ...the defeat of the Japanese attempt to invade India at Imphal...The plot is set in Pankot which is a "second class" hill station in the province which serves as a
Barbie's Book In September 1939, when the war had just begun, Miss Batchelor retired from her post as superintendent of the Protestant mission schools in the city of Ranpur. Her elevation to superintendent had come towards the end of her career in the early part of 1938. At the time she knew it was a sop but tackled the job with her characteristic application to every trivial detail, which meant that her successor, a Miss Jolley, would have her work cut out untangling some of the
Impossibly beautiful, tragic, urgent, moving, ecstatic, its frustrating bits of war reportage and historical minutiae included. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING on the British in India comes even close - hell, who cares about the British in India, this is about the human condition as a whole, and very little comes close there too. I could not read the closing pages, I could not bear to let this work end.
I liked this third book in the Raj Quartet much better than the first two. The author is bringing his characters to a maturity that gives the reader some insight into their personalities. Those who we thought were peripheral have turned out to be major players in the story. As is Scott's style, the reader is left on his/her own to interpret some of the situations that arise and he can change one's thinking with a single sentence. The days of the Raj are disappearing and it is interesting to see
Love this series. As always so many different pieces of the story tie together in unexpected ways and an ending that draws me to the next book in the series. I am sure that I am missing so many things that Scott alludes to in the story. This is one series that I think I will enjoy a reread.
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