{"product_id":"the-raj-quartet-2-isbn-9780307263971","title":"The Raj Quartet (2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Raj Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Scott's epic study of British India in its final years, has no equal. Tolstoyan in scope and  Proustian in detail  but completely individual in effect, it records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian independence from Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Towers of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbie Batchelor, a British missionary and schoolteacher, befriends a British family and witnesses the trial of Hari Kumar, an Indian man accused of assaulting his beloved Daphne Manners, while observing the dangerously cruel Captain Ronald Merrick, Hari’s nemesis. In \u003ci\u003eA Division of the Spoils\u003c\/i\u003e, the chaos of the departure of the British and the fervor of Partition wreaks havoc upon the twilight of the Raj — and the end of a era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn occasions unsparing in its study of personal dramas and racial differences, the \u003ci\u003eRaj Quartet \u003c\/i\u003eis at all times profoundly humane, not least in the author’s capacity to identify with a huge range of characters. It is also illuminated by delicate social comedy and wonderful evocations of the Indian scene, all narrated in luminous prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other two novels in the Raj Quartet, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel in the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Scorpion\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from Everyman’s Library. With a new introduction by Hilary Spurling\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“[A] vast and impressive novel about the last days of the British raj in India.” –\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkable . . . Never has the theme–relations between Europeans and non-Europeans–been treated as brilliantly.” –\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through the Layton family the changing spirit of the raj may be judged . . . From a work like this . . . all who care about fiction can take heart.” –\u003ci\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Magnificent. . . . Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful. He makes us become his people, sometimes by grinding us down under their anguish. I cannot think of anything worth knowing about the raj that Scott hasn’t told me. . . . His contribution to literature is permanent.” –\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eA Division of the Spoils\u003c\/i\u003e’] two great and time-resisting virtues are, first, the extraordinary range of characters it so skillfully portrays and, secondly, its powerful evocation of the last days of British India.” –\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003ePAUL SCOTT was born in London in 1920. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in India and Malaya. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous \u003ci\u003eThe Raj Quartet.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1977, \u003ci\u003eStaying On \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304050413797,"sku":"NP9780307263971","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307263971.jpg?v=1767741156","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-raj-quartet-2-isbn-9780307263971","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}