Some Inner Fury
Markandaya, Kamala
Some Inner Fury - New York Penguin Books 2009 - 223p
includes index and biblioraphy
This book is the story of Mirabai, a young woman from a party Westernized Hindu family in pre-Independent India. Previously confident of her place in society and her love for her country. Mira begins to question beliefs when her brother Kit eturns from Oxford bringing with him a new lifestyle and his friend Richard. Mira`s love for Richard grows as the country`s agitation against the British gains intensity. Caught in the crossfire are Kit, now a district magistrate, his wife Premala and Govind, Kit`s and Mira`s adoptive brother, who is rumoured to be the mastermind behind the anti-British violence. Events come to a head when tragedy befalls the family and Mira is forced to choose between her love for Richard and duty towards her country. Some Inner Fury is Kamala`s assertion of how no one can stand apart, undecided, when a country is divided.
9780143102533 250
813 / M3452
Some Inner Fury - New York Penguin Books 2009 - 223p
includes index and biblioraphy
This book is the story of Mirabai, a young woman from a party Westernized Hindu family in pre-Independent India. Previously confident of her place in society and her love for her country. Mira begins to question beliefs when her brother Kit eturns from Oxford bringing with him a new lifestyle and his friend Richard. Mira`s love for Richard grows as the country`s agitation against the British gains intensity. Caught in the crossfire are Kit, now a district magistrate, his wife Premala and Govind, Kit`s and Mira`s adoptive brother, who is rumoured to be the mastermind behind the anti-British violence. Events come to a head when tragedy befalls the family and Mira is forced to choose between her love for Richard and duty towards her country. Some Inner Fury is Kamala`s assertion of how no one can stand apart, undecided, when a country is divided.
9780143102533 250
813 / M3452