Elephanta Suite（ISBN=） 英文原版

This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition,
hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s
Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s 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 Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman
befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters
as singular as they are reflective of the country’s subtle ironies:
an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest striver
whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a
miracle-working guru, and others. As ever, Theroux’s portraits of
people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The
Elephanta Suite is a welcome gift to readers of international
fiction and fans of this extraordinary writer.

This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition,
hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Theroux’s portraits
of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating
effect.

MONKEY HILL

THE GATEWAY  OF INDIA

THE ELEPHANT GOD