India Dreams 1. Misty Trails
Jan 2012 · Om Books International
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London, December 1944. Emy hates India. 16 years ago, she had lost her parents there. And all of a sudden, the past beckons. Rather accidentally, Emy chances upon the personal diary of her mother Amélia, a resigned young woman, straight out of rigid Victorian England, confronted, through a strange India, with her own sexuality. January 1928. Amélia sets
sail with Emy on the first ship to Bombay, to reunite with her husband Thomas, captain in the army at Khalapur, in Rajasthan.
But the reunion leaves much to be desired. Thomas seems to have changed unless it is Amélia who cannot handle the suffocating
heat of the Thar desert. Fortunately, there is Kenneth Lowther, Thomas’s friend, an atheist philosopher, who tries to explain
to Amélia, the disconcerting India, its religion, costumes and the magnificence of its maharajas...
sail with Emy on the first ship to Bombay, to reunite with her husband Thomas, captain in the army at Khalapur, in Rajasthan.
But the reunion leaves much to be desired. Thomas seems to have changed unless it is Amélia who cannot handle the suffocating
heat of the Thar desert. Fortunately, there is Kenneth Lowther, Thomas’s friend, an atheist philosopher, who tries to explain
to Amélia, the disconcerting India, its religion, costumes and the magnificence of its maharajas...
London, December 1944. Emy hates India. 16 years ago, she had lost her parents there. And all of a sudden, the past beckons. Rather accidentally, Emy chances upon the personal diary of her mother Amélia, a resigned young woman, straight out of rigid Victorian England, confronted, through a stra...
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Jean-François Charles is known for his detailed and atmospheric watercolor illustrations, which bring the settings of India Dreams--from colonial Calcutta to the Himalayas--to life. His other notable works include War and Dreams, Sagamore Pilgrimage, and China Li.
Jean-François Charles is known for his detailed and atmospheric watercolor illustrations, which bring the settings of India Dreams--from colonial Calcutta to the Himalayas--to life. His other notable works include War and Dreams, Sagamore Pilgrimage, and China Li.
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