In the season of rainclouds in the 4th century BC, Gautam Nilamber, a student at the Forest University of Shravasti chances upon Hari Shankar, a princeling yearning to be a Buddhist monk. Guatam falls in love with the beautiful, sharp-witted Champak, and a tale begins that flows through time.
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By A. De Sondy
Format:Paperback
Hyder was a prolific writer in Urdu and this translation of one of her greatest works is a godsend to those who wish to experience her work in English. This book takes the reader on an interesting journey of faith, religion, society and cultures. It challenges the way we view the world and people, something we take for granted in many of our walks of life.
By jamesr0012
Format:Paperback
originally written in urdu, this book covers a huge space in time, thousands of years of indian history, using four recurring characters of different religions, hindu, muslim, buddhist and christian. reappearing in various time periods, these four character's lives intertwine creating a rich and interesting storyline. the story, however, is almost the sub-plot to the telling of indian history, a subject i am not particularly knowledgable on. i strongly recommend reading this book with the use of an encyclopedia or the internet if this is the case as the depth of the historical recounting is immense, to the point of being confusing. i really had to consciously keep up with what was going on, which characters were which and where in time we were.
the pace of the book is fast and rambling, slowing later as it approaches relatively modern times. it has an element of a fairy tale, passed down from generations, slowly becoming more and more embellished and elaborate as it goes on. the descriptions of india are beautiful and rich, exactly as i would expect india to be, having never been and i really felt like the chaos, pace and madness of asia had been captured.
this book does require some fairly intense tolerance and patience but ultimately it is worth it simply for the lavishness of the story and the interesting history of the country.
the pace of the book is fast and rambling, slowing later as it approaches relatively modern times. it has an element of a fairy tale, passed down from generations, slowly becoming more and more embellished and elaborate as it goes on. the descriptions of india are beautiful and rich, exactly as i would expect india to be, having never been and i really felt like the chaos, pace and madness of asia had been captured.
this book does require some fairly intense tolerance and patience but ultimately it is worth it simply for the lavishness of the story and the interesting history of the country.
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A great novel
12 Mar 2000
By Abida Ripley
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This is one of the finest pieces of literature I have read. There is history, philosophy, psychology and above all human relationship. I like the engaging style, the weaving of the events and the passion that can be seen through the pages.
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Excellent, enchanting and a victim of regional bias
10 Dec 2001
By Adnan
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Format:Hardcover
The story begins with Nilambar Gautam, a forest university student who travels the country at the time when Buddhist ideas were sweeping through India, he mets Hari Shanker a Buddhist and falls in love with Champa, the time passes and the next Gautam, Hari Shanker and Champa surface in new era- this time it is Moghul era and the arrival of Islam in India. Abul Mansoor Kamaluddin arrives from Baghdad and meets Champa, Hari and Gautam. The characters depict the civilisational conflicts, the mingling of the two great religions and the shaping of the new nation. The third era begins with the Europian advent in Asia and with Cyril Ashley, an English, the fourth character arrives in the book. The four characters return in successive periods in different roles until the bloody partition changes the geographical boundaries of the country. The magnificent description, the vast continuum of time and the canvas of the novel places it at par with Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, if not above. Had the book translated when it had been written, the author would have been ranked above Kundera and Marquez today.
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