One of the most beautiful tales of friendship I have ever read, Kim is often described as Kipling’s love letter to India. At its centre is Kim, a young white boy, an orphan, and his friend and mentor the Tibetan Lama who takes Kim from the streets of Lahore to be educated at a public school in England and on to adventures. Set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white. The book is a celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment and Kim captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. This book is just unforgettable.
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Kim, is the one of the most famous novel written by Rudyard Kipling. The novel was published in 1901, it is a story of Kimball O' Hora. He is an orphaned, teenager son of an Irish army man, positioned in India during British rule. Kim wanders on Lahore streets and earn his livelihood with difficulty. Wanderer boy meets a Tibetan lama and becomes his disciple. Lama is on quest to achieve enlightenment and find a legendary river 'River of the Arrow'. Kipling describes Kim's adventurous journey from a Street wanderer to monk disciple and joining his father's regiment, in a very interesting manner. Political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia is also shown in the story. Keen efforts of the spies to protect British imperialist interest is also very important narrative of the story. Kim's identity as both European and Indian is crucial to the story. On the whole, this novel depicts, a lively picture of Indian people, culture, religions, superstitions etc. and shows Kim's close tie with this land.
Kim features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Fiction
Kim is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
Kim was written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Double9 Books
Kim has 281 pages
£15.29
