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1 The Romantics: A Novel Mishra, Pankaj Random House New York, New York, USA 2000 Hard Cover Very Good, Very Good First American Edition 0375502742 / 9780375502743 Ex-Library BE4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges and the front free endpaper. The dust jacket shows only very, veyr minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in modern India. The main character is an uprooted Brahman man, in the holy city of Benares to pursue his university studies and prepare for the civil-service examination. He is confronted with the ancient, enduring Indian culture as well as his own obsession with the intellectual cutlure of the West. As he faces the ongoing development of his identity within this miliau he has two guide. A fellow impoverished Brahman and hanger-on at the university and an apartment house neighbor and her circle of Western friends. This is the author's first novel. Acknowledgments, 260p. SCW12132  Price: 4.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart