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A Passage to India

E.M. Forster,

Oliver Stallybrass (Editor),

Pankaj Mishra (Introduction)

Start date: June 1, 2020

Finish date: June 30, 2020

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Jul 12, 2020 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020, completist-book-club, historical-fiction, kindle, library, classic

I read A Passage To India for my Completist Book Club on Goodreads. This is a book that I may have never even heard of if it was not for that group. For those who are curious, it is a club that chooses books from must read lists to read each month. Because of this club, I have been able to find some interesting, some challenging, and, sadly, even some boring books that I cannot figure out why they are must reads. But, whatever the case, I am always glad to be a part of the group because it has r ...more

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Mar 02, 2014 MK rated it really liked it

The clashes of the cultures was so frustrating to me. It's as if each, in their own way, stands on ceremony and tradition and truth is a far distant secondary consideration.

Really great novel. Really frustrating too.

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Apr 05, 2014 MK rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Review on the Audiobook CD set. Love/hate relationship with the narrator. He's pretty good with accents, he did English, Indian, and American. The Hindu Indian one drove me insane tho, endlessly melodious, to the point of blurry into a fuzzy line of sleepiness whenever Godbole was talking for more than a sentence or two at a time ;-).

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