Under an Indifferent Heaven (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 1881, in the village of Pali, a seven-year-old boy, forced to make sense of his fathers desertion and mothers early death, finds himself expelled from family and community. An outcast, he is taken on a bullock-cart journey to an orphanage, where Das...
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In 1881, in the village of Pali, a seven-year-old boy, forced to make sense of his fathers desertion and mothers early death, finds himself expelled from family and community. An outcast, he is taken on a bullock-cart journey to an orphanage, where Das Gupta, its clerk, aware of the boys high-caste, takes him to meet Jacob Rivers, Agnes, and their daughter, Esther. Soon he learns that as an infant, he was secretly baptised and named Michael and that Rivers knew his father. Esther tutors Michael in English, while her father, aware that British Rule in India must in time end, prepares his boys for that future. He is supported by Nawab Ali Baig, who, when Rivers is unfairly sacked, helps ease the hardships of the familys journey back to Assam.
At Calcutta they disperseEsther to school in England, Michael to a College run by British philanthropists, and Rivers to the wilds of Assam. Near his eighteenth birthday, Michaels friend Philip invites him home. He meets and is immediately infatuated by Philips sister, Lily. Her rich Bengali father, impressed by Michael, has plans for him. But these are shelved by news of the horrific murders of Jacob and Agnes Rivers and by Michaels need to visit the graves of those he dearly loved. Philips father funds his trip on the understanding he returns to marry Lily.
In Assam, Michael finds a grieving Esther and discovers she had never forgotten him. Something in their encounter prevents him from telling her about Lily but promises to visit her in England, a promise hell soon keep, because Lily has eloped with her college tutor. Philips proud but superstitious father tells Philip, about to leave for Oxford, to give Michael the ill-fated wedding dowry and wants never to see it or Michael again. But Philip remains true, and when Michael arrives in England, he sees a new man, one bent to win Esther and take her back with him to India.
At Calcutta they disperseEsther to school in England, Michael to a College run by British philanthropists, and Rivers to the wilds of Assam. Near his eighteenth birthday, Michaels friend Philip invites him home. He meets and is immediately infatuated by Philips sister, Lily. Her rich Bengali father, impressed by Michael, has plans for him. But these are shelved by news of the horrific murders of Jacob and Agnes Rivers and by Michaels need to visit the graves of those he dearly loved. Philips father funds his trip on the understanding he returns to marry Lily.
In Assam, Michael finds a grieving Esther and discovers she had never forgotten him. Something in their encounter prevents him from telling her about Lily but promises to visit her in England, a promise hell soon keep, because Lily has eloped with her college tutor. Philips proud but superstitious father tells Philip, about to leave for Oxford, to give Michael the ill-fated wedding dowry and wants never to see it or Michael again. But Philip remains true, and when Michael arrives in England, he sees a new man, one bent to win Esther and take her back with him to India.
Autoren-Porträt von Sharad Keskar
Born in Mumbai, Sharad Keskar worked as a writer, editor, and book reviewer till, in Britain, he gained a BEd (Hons) with distinction in English, an MA from King's College London, and met his English wife, Jane. He is the author of The Lotus and the Rose and its sequel, In the Shadow of a Dream, both published by AuthorHouse.
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- Autor: Sharad Keskar
- 2016, 190 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AuthorHouse UK
- ISBN-10: 1504994973
- ISBN-13: 9781504994972
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2016
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