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The serpent and the rope / Raja Rao ; with an introduction by R. Parthasarathy

By: Material type: TextTextGurgaon, HR : Penguin Books, 2014 c2014Description: 455 p. ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143422334 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823 RAO 23 010211
LOC classification:
  • PR9499.3.R3 S47 1986
Summary: About the marriage of Rama, a young Brahmin doing graduate work in France, to Madeleine, an ethereal French college teacher, some six years his senior. In her eagerness to attain Eastern wisdom, Madeleine first casts her husband in the role of guru. Later, as her "saintliness" (or madness) progresses, she transcends the need for human companionship, leaving Rama free to pursue his own search for self-awareness.
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About the marriage of Rama, a young Brahmin doing graduate work in France, to Madeleine, an ethereal French college teacher, some six years his senior. In her eagerness to attain Eastern wisdom, Madeleine first casts her husband in the role of guru. Later, as her "saintliness" (or madness) progresses, she transcends the need for human companionship, leaving Rama free to pursue his own search for self-awareness.

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