Kim 吉姆

图书标准信息

• 作者 Rudyard Kipling（鲁德亚德·吉卜林） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1983-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213324
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 48开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

Oneofthegreatadventurebooksofalltime,Kim,firstpublishedin1901,isKipling'slastmajorworkaboutIndia,afarewelllookbrimmingwithallthecolorandsound,squalorandsplendorofthatexoticland.Kim,theorphanedsonofanIrishsoldier,isamischievousworldlyimpgrowingupinthewalledcityofLahore.AsecretmissionfortheBritishandaheartfeltbondwithaTibetanlamainsearchofasacredriversoonleadKimintoalifeofspiesandsecrets,dangerandhighexcitement.ButKimismorethanaboy'sadventure.WrittenbythelaureateoftheBritishEmpire,itisalsoaprofoundlookatthedifferencesbetweenEastandWest.Forthefirsttime,aBritishwriterunderstoodIndiainallitscomplexity,mystery,andspirituality.Hereweentertheharems;minglewiththieves,jugglers,andbeggars;andexperienceallthatisIndiainoneofliterature'smostmagicalandmovingmasterpieces.