A master of the travel narrative gives us three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.
This startling and satisfying book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today's India. Paul Theroux's characters risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent's well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succour in Mumbai's reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
In these pages, we also meet Indian characters as singular as they are indicative of the country's subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more.
As ever, Theroux's portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose — or find — themselves there.
This startling and satisfying book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today's India. Paul Theroux's characters risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent's well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succour in Mumbai's reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.
In these pages, we also meet Indian characters as singular as they are indicative of the country's subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more.
As ever, Theroux's portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose — or find — themselves there.
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Hardback Editions
October 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-7710-8521-4 / 978-0-7710-8521-5 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-618-94332-3 / 978-0-618-94332-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-241-14366-7 / 978-0-241-14366-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux Publisher: Mariner Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-547-08602-4 / 978-0-547-08602-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Mariner Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-14-102958-7 / 978-0-14-102958-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-14-103697-4 / 978-0-14-103697-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-7710-8534-6 / 978-0-7710-8534-5 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Mcclelland & Stewart Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Elephanta Suite, The Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 0-241-14405-1 / 978-0-241-14405-3 (UK edition) Publisher: H.Hamilton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
July 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 1-4074-2286-3 / 978-1-4074-2286-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2008 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Elephanta Suite [Library Edition] Author(s): Paul Theroux; (Narrator) Firdous Bamji Publisher: RECORDED BOOKS Availability: Amazon More details... |
2008 : Audio CD
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux ISBN: 1-4281-8101-6 / 978-1-4281-8101-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
November 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Elephanta Suite Author(s): Paul Theroux Publisher: Penguin Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
September 2008 : Kindle edition
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2008 : Unknown
| Title: The Elephanta Suite (Paperback) Author(s): Paul Theroux (Author) Publisher: Mariner Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
August 2007 : Kindle edition
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