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Den forældreløse Kim - søn af en irsk sergent - tilbringer sin barndom i Indien omkring århundredeskiftet. Han vagabonderer sammen med en tibetansk lama, møder sin fars regiment, kommer i skole og bliver spion for de engelske besættelsestropper.
MarthaJeanne: I think that Ash in Far Pavillions was based partly on Kim. Both books deal with the ambivalence between cultures of those who were brought up in a different culture to the one they belonged to by birth and later education. Both are also great adventure stories that take place during the British Raj in India. The big difference being that Kim only deals with childhood, but Ash has to go on to life as an adult.… (mere)
CGlanovsky: Orphaned kid with plenty of street-smarts embarks on a dangerous journey interwoven with high-stakes matters from the adult world (Slavery/Russo-British Espionage).
wandering_star: Both these books feature cunning, clever spies who speak several languages and can pass for several different nationalities - they are also both great adventures.
thorold: Two books that demonstrate that it's possible to use a Buddhist holy man to power the plot of a complex modern novel without getting all mystical and Hermann Hesse.
Loved it. Picked it back up because Twain mentioned in the 2nd volume of the Autobiography that he reads it every year.It's easy to see why-Kim could be Huck's Indian cousin. ( )
If only Kipling had written a few more books portraying Kim, Kim would have been the Tom Sawyer of the Asia, if not better. The book dragged towards end, but still the prose is at its literary best. ( )
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Oh ye who tread the Narrow Way
By Tophet-flare to Judgment Day,
Be gentle when the heathen pray
To Buddha at Kamakura!
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He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher - the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.
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He crossed his hands on his lap and smiled, as a man may who has won salvation for himself and his beloved.
Den forældreløse Kim - søn af en irsk sergent - tilbringer sin barndom i Indien omkring århundredeskiftet. Han vagabonderer sammen med en tibetansk lama, møder sin fars regiment, kommer i skole og bliver spion for de engelske besættelsestropper.
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