
In volume one of her autobiography, bestselling novelist Kaye (The Far Pavilions, at age 82, recalls her 10 years of idyllic childhood in India as a time in paradise, and her nine years of adolescence in England as a time in purgatory. Although written with gushing, romantic enthusiasm, her kaleidoscopic story of a long-lost innocence just before and after World War I helps to explain Kaye's idealization of the British Raj and her love for Kipling's verse. These loving memories of a beautiful land and its delightful people may surprise readers of Paul Scott's much better written Raj Quartet, but it is probably equally authentic. (Publishers Weekly)
Page Count:
634
Publication Date:
1992-01-01
Publisher:
John Curley & Assoc
ISBN-10:
0792709721
ISBN-13:
9780792709725
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