A River Sutra

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304
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About this ebook

With imaginative lushness and narrative elan, Mehta provides a novel that combines Indian storytelling with thoroughly modern perceptions into the nature of love--love both carnal and sublime, treacherous and redeeming.

"Conveys a world that is spiritual, foreign, and entirely accessible."--Vanity Fair.

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4.0
2 reviews
A Google user
October 18, 2011
My favorite book I've read for a college course, A River Sutra uses short stories to teach about Narmada's place in Hinduism. Stories of music, wealth, and passion explore the meaning of desire, and the internal struggle to choose between embracing desire and rejecting it. As a work of fiction, A River Sutra is nothing special. A River Sutra should be read as a tool for understanding Hindu theology, with a primary focus on the reasons for and the effects of desire.
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About the author

Gita Mehta is the author of the bestselling books Karma Cola, Raj, A River Sutra, and Snakes and Ladders. She divides her time between New York, London, and India.

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