{"product_id":"the-elephanta-suite-0547086024","title":"The Elephanta Suite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0547086024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Theroux, Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA master of the travel narrative weaves three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India.This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark todays India. Therouxs Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinents well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbais reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore.We also meet Indian characters as singular as they are reflective of the countrys subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and others.As ever, Therouxs portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose-or find-themselves there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937961115936,"sku":"NEW0547086024","price":13.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71Q8E30WUgL.jpg?v=1783108604","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-elephanta-suite-0547086024","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}