Description
In Calcutta, a European engineer named Alain drifts through a life of parties and distractions until a meeting with Maitreyi Devi opens a door to desire, devotion, and spiritual intensity. What begins as a love story becomes a charged, intimate portrait of self-discovery—one that explores how fascination can deepen into obsession, and how cultural distance can both enchant and wound. Woven with Eliade’s famously lyrical, philosophically alert style, the novel examines themes of faith and transformation, the seductions of the “other,” and the emotional cost of crossing boundaries you can’t fully return from. Ultimately, it is both a romance and a reckoning, tracing the wreckage left behind when longing collides with reality.
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Published Jan 1, 1993
192 pages
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Details
First Published
1933
Language
eng
Translation
From: ron
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