Couverture de The Siege of Krishnapur

The Siege of Krishnapur

Aperçu

30 jours d'essai gratuit à Audible Standard

Essayer Standard gratuitement
Choisissez 1 livre audio par mois dans l'ensemble de notre catalogue.
Écoutez les livres audio que vous avez choisis pendant toute la durée de votre abonnement.
Accédez à volonté à des podcasts incontournables.
Gratuit avec l'offre d'essai, ensuite 2,99 €/mois. Possibilité de résilier l'abonnement chaque mois.

The Siege of Krishnapur

De : J. G. Farrell
Lu par : Peter Wickham
Essayer Standard gratuitement

Renouvellement automatique à 2,99 € mois après 30 jours. Annulation possible chaque mois.

Acheter pour 19,58 €

Acheter pour 19,58 €

À propos de ce contenu audio

In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt, and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster.

As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable. The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life.

1973, The Booker Prize, Winner

©1996 J. G. Farrell (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group
Fiction

Commentaires

While I can't categorically state it's the best book ever, I find it hard to think of one that I prefer. One that does more as a work of fiction, or that says more about our flawed humanity . . . The Siege of Krishnapur is a superb portrayal of physical horrors and psychological fallout . . . [It] is wonderfully funny, written with devastating wit and rambunctious humanity. I can't praise it enough - and I can't push it enough (Sam Jordison)
Inspired, funny but ultimately tragic look at colonialism in India. It has an unusual exuberance (Mariella Frostrup)
Aucun commentaire pour le moment