Hussein: An Entertainment - Couverture souple

O'Brian, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393321819 ISBN 13 : 9780393321814

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Synopsis

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 suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse. The dead man's relatives vow vengeance. Hussein escapes and his adventures begin: snake-charming, sword-fighting, spying, stealing a fortune, and returning triumphantly to claim his bride. All of this is set against an evocatively exotic India, full of bazaars, temples, and beautiful women--despite the fact that O'Brian had never been to the East when he wrote the story.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393321819
• ISBN 13: 9780393321814
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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