{"product_id":"a-passage-to-india-1","title":"A Passage To India","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring issues of colonialism, faith and the limits of comprehension, E.M. Forster's \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e is published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His great book ... masterly in its presence and its lucidity'\u003cbr\u003eAnita Desai","brand":"E. M. Forster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51548800549080,"sku":"9780241214992","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9780241214992.jpg?v=1775849263","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/fr\/products\/a-passage-to-india-1","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}