At the Age for Love: A Novel of Bangalore During World War IiAuthorHouse, 2006 M01 30 - 352 páginas At the Age for Love--A novel of Bangalore during World War II, is an extraordinary story of a soldier''s family waiting for his safe return from the Africa Front where he serves with a British tank unit pressing hard against the Germans in the desert of Libya. The chronicle begins with the soldier, Capt. Edward Thompson, saying goodbye to his wife Amelia and son Paddy and ends with his return at the end of the war. The story, narrated in incredible detail, tells how the boy and his mother with their relatives and friends live in this hectic military city in South India, where those who stay behind are swept along into the rushing, wild stream of British history in India during a time of war. The lives of these women--and their children--provide a bold story of Anglo-India in this multihued Indian landscape where rogues and villains and the honest, hard-working, church-going, form relationships in this bold saga as men and women cross family and racial boundaries in their search for love. The city of Bangalore with its cluster of towns around British army barracks comes alive with memorable characters and this novel follows their tense and gripping relationships. The ending, where these fun-loving characters come together in a frail boat on the peaceful Cauvery River at Seringapatnam near sunset, has much to say about life and the human mystery and the vision it offers us as we live in a changing world. |
Contenido
For Those Who Stand And Wait | 35 |
Running With The Herd | 63 |
The Bedroom | 101 |
The Christmas Dance | 115 |
Dday Celebrations At Amelias Home | 175 |
Katie Mcdonalds Secret | 189 |
The Soldier Returns | 265 |
Seringapatam August 1945 | 287 |
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At the Age for Love: A Novel of Bangalore During World War II Reginald N. Shires Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
At the Age for Love: A Novel of Bangalore During World War II Reginald N. Shires Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
Términos y frases comunes
age for love Amelia says Andrew Collins arms asks Aunty Ayah Bangalore beautiful bike Birdie bloody boat Buddy calls can’t Captain child Coachman Collins comes coolie crowd Cynthia dance dark darling Derrick didn’t dress drink Edward Edward Thompson English eyes face father flying Freddie going grabs hair hand He’s head holding I’ve India James James Kirk jumps Kalimpong Katie McDonald kiss laughs looks Marwari Marwari girl mother Mysore Nana Brady night Paddy and Tess Paddy Baba Paddy’s Pastor Phillips picks pretty pulls quickly Robin Rover runs says Amelia says Paddy She’s shouts side sits smiles soldier stands starts stone stop Sultan Swordfish talk Tamil tell Tess Thai There’s things Thompson Timmy and Johnny tree truck trying turns Uncle wait walks wall watch What’s wife woman You’re young
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Página v - I passed by you again and looked upon you, behold, you were at the age for love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yea, I plighted my troth to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.