Description
In three sharply observed novellas, Western travelers and expatriates encounter an India that resists easy understanding, exposing the limits of privilege, expectation, and cultural confidence. From a retired American drawn into an unsettling new life to a corporate emissary navigating Mumbai’s outsourcing world, each story follows an outsider whose assumptions are tested by the country’s complexity and contradictions. With dark humor, vivid local detail, and an incisive eye for human folly, the collection explores displacement, power, desire, and the unpredictable consequences of crossing cultural boundaries.
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paperback
Penguin
Published Apr 7, 2008
ISBN: 9780141036977
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux.