In the Shadow of Crows - Couverture souple

Manners, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906702063 ISBN 13 : 9781906702069

Editeur : Reportage Press, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

A journey into another world that tells a story which is at once accomplished, intriguing and moving. --Gilda O'Neill, novelist and author of the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times Best Seller 'My East End'.

Highlights with compassion an Indo-British connection that has always been swept out of sight. --Chandralekha Mehta, author of 'Freedom's Child'

I was so moved by this extraordinary story, and by the spiritual strength of the rejected people it describes. We have material wealth but are lost: they have nothing and are found. --Dame Felicity Lott, CBE, Soprano

The interwoven narratives that form the core of 'In the Shadow of Crows' are about transformation and redemption, of working through places of darkness and loss, and of finding wisdom in the unlikeliest of places. This is storytelling that touches the heart, a much-needed reminder in this time of fragmentation that it is only through our connecting with each other that we can fully realise our humanity. --Manjari Mehta, Anthropologist

For Indians, this book is undoubtedly a volume to provoke true soul-searching, whilst for foreigners and young citizens of what were once colonial powers, 'In the Shadow of Crows' is a must-read before they embark upon their fleeting visits to the land of Holy Ganges and High Himalaya. --Prof. Dhirendra Sharma, founder-editor of 'Philosophy & Social Action'; Convener of 'Concerned Scientists & Philosophers'

I was so moved by this extraordinary story, and by the spiritual strength of the rejected people it describes. We have material wealth but are lost: they have nothing and are found. --Dame Felicity Lott, CBE, Soprano

The interwoven narratives that form the core of 'In the Shadow of Crows' are about transformation and redemption, of working through places of darkness and loss, and of finding wisdom in the unlikeliest of places. This is storytelling that touches the heart, a much-needed reminder in this time of fragmentation that it is only through our connecting with each other that we can fully realise our humanity. --Manjari Mehta, Anthropologist --.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the Shadow of Crows is an inspirational account of a young man raised in the suburban comforts of Surrey, a widow ravaged by leprosy in the Eastern Himalaya, and the impact on them both as their worlds collide. When Bindra contracts leprosy she is driven from her home, even from the foothills in which she was born, due to the prejudice and ignorance of those with whom she lives. She finds herself on the Plains, away from all she has ever known, divided from the only language she is able to understand. As Bindra undertakes a seemingly impossible journey in search of understanding and peace, she loses all that has maintained her strength and sanity. She is eventually left languishing in a charitable compound, where the children of others affected by leprosy gradually restore her will to live. David is brought up speaking 'kitchen Urdu', due to his family's heritage in the Punjab during the Raj. His childhood imagination is entirely consumed by a fantasy life in India, a country in which he has never once stepped. Not until he finds himself lost, isolated and without direction due to a series of tragedies, is he driven to rediscover his non-British roots. In so doing, he discovers some thirty relations still living in the Eastern Himalaya, of whom nothing had been spoken due to their mixed blood and illegitimacy. However, the reality of the poverty and misery with which he comes in contact on his journey across the Subcontinent finally dispels the naivety of his childhood imagination, whilst inspiring him to radically change the path of his life. And when he eventually walks into a leprosy colony and meets an elderly woman called Bindra, both their lives are transformed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reportage Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906702063
• ISBN 13: 9781906702069
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible