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On Being with Krista Tippett
This novel is described as having a complex romantic triangle set against the backdrop of the 1915 political turmoil in Bengal during the partition. The speaker noted its Victorian realism and the interplay of idealism and spirituality within the narrative.
But it's said within the framework of the political appeal of 1915 when Bengal was in turmoil because Lord Gerson was at that moment. And dividing it into two halves, he's been going in this big goal.
— Episode: [Unedited] Anita Desai with Krista Tippe...
Episode: [Unedited] Anita Desai with Krista Tippett
This novel is described as having a complex romantic triangle set against the backdrop of the 1915 political turmoil in Bengal during the partition. The speaker noted its Victorian realism and the interplay of idealism and spirituality within the narrative.
But it's said within the framework of the political appeal of 1915 when Bengal was in turmoil because Lord Gerson was at that moment. And dividing it into two halves, he's been going in this big goal.
It was the partition of the palace, it was kind of a philosophy of divide and rule but it was end and the population was separated along Hindu and Muslim lines.
But then there was this other side of the ghost writing and of his thinking which was really idealistic and spiritual. And he could never block that out either.