Rumer Godden
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.88 | 461 Users | 69 Reviews
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| Title | : | Coromandel Sea Change |
| Author | : | Rumer Godden |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2007 by Pan MacMillan (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Novels |
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Blaise and Mary arrive at Patna Hall, a hotel on India's shimmering Coromandel coast, to spend part of their honeymoon. Patna Hall is as beautiful and timeless as India itself, ruled over firmly and wise by proprietor Auntie Sanni. For Mary it feels strangely like home.In a week that will change the young couple's destiny, election fever grips the Southern Indian state and Mary falls under the spell of the people, the country - and Krishnan, godlike candidate for the Root and Flower party . . .
'A sense of timelessness reminiscent of E.M. Forster . . . social comedy slowly spirals into personal tragedy' "The Times"
'The prose is as simple and luminous as the fantasy it elaborates . . . an interlude of exoticism and sensuous pleasure' "Independent On Sunday"
'Sheer enjoyment' "Guardian "
'The miracle of this book is Godden's genius for storytelling' " Evening Standard"
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| Original Title: | Coromandel Sea Change |
| ISBN: | 0330487841 (ISBN13: 9780330487849) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 461 Users | 69 ReviewsAssessment Of Books Coromandel Sea Change
Oh this one holds some true clashes of temperament and entire worldview sensibility. It's entrenched within the culture of India and within a Coromandel coast hotel. Think much like the hotel "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" - that kind of setting but on a cove of that wild coast. It's in the week prior to a local election. The first pages of this novel list the myriads of hotel characters. Employers, clients, employees, associated neighborhood help and they run to the dozens. It's 4 pages in myA Special TreatI am a great fan of Rumer Goden's work and am slowly reading all of her books. So far, this book is my favorite. As with her other India books, the setting comes to life with her words. The characters are unique and unforgettable. What made this book my favorite was the magical relationship between Mary, the young English bride, and Krishnan, the enlightened Indian politician. Such an enchanting story! This is the perfect book to read when you want to travel far away from your day
I love Rumer Godden. Her style charms me, and I mean that in the sense that I become enrapt in her magical bookscapes. Coromandel Sea Change is about an Englishwoman who goes to India on her honeymoon and becomes deeply involved in the local politics. It sounds like it would be about "real things" but it's really about inner things...falsehood and truth, and the nature of reality. The Indian background is dreamlike, almost mystical, and it makes a perfect contrast and backdrop for Mary's sharp,
In Coromandel Sea Change, Rumer Godden pursued the theme of insulation versus openness with a vibrancy that caotuvates. We see life on this South Indian coast through Marys fresh eyes and readiness-to-embrace and Blaises cynical, dyspeptic perspective. More complex than the characters themselves is Coromandel, a place at once forbidding and alluring, providing its visitors with an opportunity to find their truths among its multiple facets. The wildness and vigor of the sea is contrasted with the
My love of Southern India might cloud my rating a bit, but as this is the second time I've read this book, I doubt it. It's so cinematic, and the characters so well written, that the pleasure in a well-rounded novel hasn't faded.
Lightly entertaining but not one of her most interesting (Black Narcissus, The River). Takes place over one week in a hotel on the south east coast of India during a local election. Between the hotel staff and the guests, there are lots of characters and stories but the characters are a bit stereotypical (I had to wince when an American woman said something was "real fun") and the events a bit predictable. Interesting descriptions of the area, food, and politics but overall not much depth.
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