A Passage to India

图书标准信息

• 作者 E. M. Forster 著；Oliver Stallybrass 编
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2005-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141441160
• 定价 133.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 376页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Classics

【内容简介】

Exploringissuesofcolonialism,faithandthelimitsofcomprehension,E.M.Forster'sAPassagetoIndiaiseditedbyOliverStallybrass,withanintroductionbyPankajMishra.

WhenAdelaQuestedandherelderlycompanionMrsMoorearriveintheIndiantownofChandrapore,theyquicklyfeeltrappedbyitsinsularandprejudiced'Anglo-Indian'community.DeterminedtoescapetheparochialEnglishenclaveandexplorethe'realIndia',theyseektheguidanceofthecharmingandmercurialDrAziz,acultivatedIndianMuslim.ButamysteriousincidentoccurswhiletheyareexploringtheMarabarcaveswithAziz,andthewell-respecteddoctorsoonfindshimselfatthecentreofascandalthatrousesviolentpassionsamongboththeBritishandtheirIndiansubjects.Amasterlyportraitofasocietyinthegripofimperialism,APassagetoIndiacompellinglydepictsthefateofindividualscaughtbetweenthegreatpoliticalandculturalconflictsofthemodernworld.

Inhisintroduction,PankajMishraoutlinesForster'scomplexengagementwithIndiansocietyandculture.ThiseditionreproducestheAbingertextandnotes,andalsoincludesfourofForster'sessaysonIndia,achronologyandfurtherreading.

【作者简介】

EdwardMorganForster(1879-1970)wrotesixnovels-WhereAngelsFeartoTread(1905),TheLongestJourney(1907),ARoomwithaView(1908),HowardsEnd(1910),APassagetoIndia(1924).Maurice,writtenin1914,waspublishedposthumouslyin1971.Healsopublishedtwovolumesofshortstories;twocollectionsofessays;acriticalwork(AspectsoftheNovel);TheHillofDevi;twobiographies;twobooksaboutAlexandria;andthelibrettoforBritten'soperaBillyBudd.PankajMishrawasborninNorthIndiain1969andistheauthorofTheRomantics:ANovelandAnEndtoSuffering:TheBuddhaintheWorld.