by Gita Mehta · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749315337
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«A River Sutra» is the novel by Gita Mehta, published by Random House UK in paperback (276 pages, in English).
A retired bureaucrat settles on the banks of the Narmada in search of peace, but encounters pilgrims and characters such as a young woman fleeing, an ascetic, a professor, a millionaire monk and a musician silenced by desire. Their intertwined stories explore love, spirituality and the paradoxes of India.
Published in 1994, this edition includes a quote from The Observer on the cover.
For readers of literary fiction interested in India, spirituality and oral tradition stories.
Gita Mehta was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Her works described aspects of life in India and were intended to interpret the country for a largely western audience.
