Apprentice par joshi arun (3 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. New Delhi : Vision Books Inc./ Orient Paperbacks, 1993 - Very Good paperback - 8" tall - minor handling, o/w clean, bright, unmarked - 144pp. India fiction; novel: ex-government/organization hack, in manner of Ancient Mariner, does penance at temple, stopping young men to relate his story of mid-20th century India corruption & betrayal. ISBN: 81-222-0167-9.…

Soft cover. Etat : New. The Apprentice is a novel totally different in tone from all other novels and writings of Arun Joshi. The protagonist, Rattan Rather, represents the quintessence everyman a contrast to other protagonists in so far as his intellectual level is much lower. An unsophisticated youth, jobless, he comes to the city in search of a career; unscrupulous and ready to prostitute himself for professional advancement. Seduced by materialistic values, he takes a bribe to clear a large lot of defective weapons. As a consequence, a brigadier, who is also his friend, has to desert his post and, to escape ignominy, commits suicide. A penitent Rather, avoids confessing his guilt, but, tries to achieve redemption by cleaning the shoes of devotees, every morning, at a temple. The Apprentice attacks materialistic values but with a different strategy. Rattan Rather wades through corruption to arrive at an understanding of life and its affirmations. According to World Literature Today, "the novel is cast in a series of Browning-like monologues, to a boy to whom the protagonist, burdened with sorrow of 'a wasted life', lays bare the motives, aspirations, dilemmas and frustrations of his past. ".…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.8vo.208 pages.very good copy.Just Jacket has a chipping on spine and back panel.a good Jacket.revew slip enclosed. scarce.