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Indlæser... Waiting for Mahatmaaf R. K. Narayan
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Sriran is in his early 20's, orphaned, & lives with his Granny. I would call him a "layabout" as he seems to do nothing but what he feels like. While he is literate, he also seems very naive about what is going on--or perhaps he has just been sheltered & spoiled by his Granny. He becomes enamored of a young woman who is involved in Gandhi's movement, & becomes involved himself as a way of being with Bharati. It is obvious he has no dedication, no commitment to anything but just doing what it takes to spend time with her. He's not a very likeable person. What this novel does provide is a sense of daily life in India in the 1940's for a common person who is not poor. We learn only a little about Gandhi. This book is entirely written from POV of Sriran. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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The first that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi's visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. The vision's name is Bharato. Capable and quick-witted, her scorn for her gauche but ardent admirer is almost equal to her devotion to the Mahatma. Yet that is how Sriram leaves Malgudi to become a passionate apostle of the Quit India campaign - only to find his convictions tested by the rigours of a prison cell. No library descriptions found. |
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Esta es una novela amable. Aunque el protagonista, al que la narración sigue como una sombra, pueda pasar por situaciones difíciles, todo tiene como un halo de inocencia que, por un lado, hace simpáticos a los personajes y las situaciones, pero por otro les convierte en seres casi irreales. Por eso me queda una sensación como de cuento infantil, de texto volátil y algo simplón, aunque en verdad no lo sea. Porque Narayan aprovecha la historia para hacernos pensar sobre las grandes ideas asociadas a Ghandi (la no violencia, el autosostenimiento, la tranquilidad, etc.) y también sobre otras cuestiones no tan amables, como la disciplina de grupo, el colonialismo (no todo el mundo rechaza a los ingleses, desde luego) o el papel de las castas. Con todo, la impresión final es de demasiada suavidad, quizá. ( )