Kim

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Kim by Rudyard Kipling& He knew the wonderful walled city of Lahore from the Delhi Gate to the outer Fort Ditch; was hand in glove with men who led lives stranger than anything Haroun al Raschid dreamed of; & he lived in a life wild as that of the Arabian Nights & Kipling&s epic rendition of the imperial experience in India is also his greatest long work Two men
- Kim a boy growing into early manhood & the lama an old ascetic priest
- are fired by a quest Kim is white although born in India While he wants to play the Great Game of imperialism he is also spiritually bound to the lama & he tries to reconcile these opposing strands A celebration of their friendship in an often hostile environment Kim captures the opulence of India&s exotic landscape overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj The Penguin English Library
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