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The Romantics by Mishra Pankaj; Pankaj Mishra is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Romantics about?
The young Brahman Samar has come to the holy city of Benares to complete his education and take a civil service exam. But 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 country from the people he encounters. More than illustrating the clash of cultures, Mishra presents the universal truth that our desire for the other is our most painful joy.PANKAJ MISHRA is an award-winning novelist & essayist whose writing appears frequently in The New York Review of Books, The Guardian, & the London Review of Books.
Who reads The Romantics?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mishra Pankaj; Pankaj Mishra
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishers UK
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781447210184
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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