The Romantics: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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Pankaj Mishra is one of the most promising talents of his generation, and this stunning, universally praised novel of self-discovery heralds a remarkable career.
The young Brahman Samar has come to the holy city of Benares to complete his education and take the civil service exam that will determine his in this city redolent of timeworn customs, where pilgrims bathe in the sacred Ganges and breathe in smoke from burning ghats along the shore, Samar is offered entirely different perspectives on his West and her circle, indifferent to the reality around them, represent those drawn to India as a respite from the material Rajesh, a sometimes violent, sometimes mystical leader of student malcontents, presents a more jaundiced than merely illustrating the clash of cultures, Mishra presents the universal truth that our desire for the other is our most painful joy.