by Paul Theroux · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420473536
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«Elefanta Suite» is the collection of three short novels by Paul Theroux, published by Alfaguara in paperback (376 pages, in Spanish).
Three short novels set in contemporary India and featuring Americans who venture into a country far from the spiritual paradise of cliché. Desire, ambition, and the clash between tradition and modernity push the characters into situations that oscillate between nightmare and revelation, in a vibrant and contradictory portrait of India.
Translation by Miguel Martínez-Lage. Belongs to the Literaturas collection. Includes «Monkey Hill», «La Puerta de la India», and «El dios elefante». Original work: The Elephanta Suite (2007).
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and travel literature interested in a raw and contradictory vision of India.
Paul Edward Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name.
