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- catalog abstract "Set on the banks of India's holiest river amid the constant traffic of pilgrims, archaeologists, policemen, priests, and traders, A River Sutra weaves the richness of India into the dangerous lives of its characters. A bureaucrat retires to the sacred river in search of tranquility only to encounter a girl fleeing her kidnappers, a naked ascetic and the child he has saved from prostitution, a teacher who confesses to murder, a millionaire monk, and a musician silenced by desire. Instead of finding serenity, the bureaucrat is forced to confront the powers of mythology, religion, music, and philosophy, and to acknowledge that the holy river has a sanctity more threatening than he can imagine. In this exquisitely written novel, Gita Mehta uses the traditional forms of Indian story-telling to explore the savagery of human love and to illuminate the paradoxes of India.".
- catalog contributor b4567783.
- catalog contributor b4567784.
- catalog coverage "Narmada River Region (India) Fiction.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Set on the banks of India's holiest river amid the constant traffic of pilgrims, archaeologists, policemen, priests, and traders, A River Sutra weaves the richness of India into the dangerous lives of its characters. A bureaucrat retires to the sacred river in search of tranquility only to encounter a girl fleeing her kidnappers, a naked ascetic and the child he has saved from prostitution, a teacher who confesses to murder, a millionaire monk, and a musician silenced by desire. Instead of finding serenity, the bureaucrat is forced to confront the powers of mythology, religion, music, and philosophy, and to acknowledge that the holy river has a sanctity more threatening than he can imagine. In this exquisitely written novel, Gita Mehta uses the traditional forms of Indian story-telling to explore the savagery of human love and to illuminate the paradoxes of India.".
- catalog extent "291 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "River Sutra.".
- catalog identifier "038547007X :".
- catalog isFormatOf "River Sutra.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : N.A. Talese,".
- catalog relation "River Sutra.".
- catalog spatial "India Narmada River Region".
- catalog spatial "India Narmada River Region.".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog spatial "Narmada River Region (India) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "PS3563.E344 R58 1993".
- catalog subject "Pilgrims and pilgrimages India Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Pilgrims and pilgrimages India Narmada River Region Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Tales India Narmada River Region.".
- catalog subject "Tales India.".
- catalog title "A river Sutra / Gita Mehta.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".