Red Earth and Pouring Rain

Kanten bestoßen, ungelesen.

The gods of poetry and death descend on a house in India to die for the soul of a wounded monkey. A bargain is struck: the monkey musst tell a story, and if he can keep his audience entertained, he shall live. The result is Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Vikram Chandra's astonishing, vibrant novel. Interweaving tales of 19th century India with modern America, it stands in the tradition of The Thousand and One Nights, a work of vivid imagination and a celebration of the power of storytelling itself.

k.A.