All the proprieties and precepts of Indian society blossoms into a love affair both impossible and ultimately tragic This erotic passion plays itself out in Alain's thoughts long after its bitter conclusion In hindsight he sets down the story uoting from the diaries of his disordered days and trying to make sense of the sad affair A vibrantly poetic love story Bengal Nights is also a cruel account of the wreckage left in the wake of a young man's self discovery At once horrifying and deeply moving Eliade's story repeats the patterns of European engagement with India even as it exposes and condemns them Invaluable for the insight it offers into Eliade's life and thought it is a work of great in.
maitreyi kindle Maitreyi eBookAll the proprieties and precepts of Indian society blossoms into a love affair both impossible and ultimately tragic This erotic passion plays itself out in Alain's thoughts long after its bitter conclusion In hindsight he sets down the story uoting from the diaries of his disordered days and trying to make sense of the sad affair A vibrantly poetic love story Bengal Nights is also a cruel account of the wreckage left in the wake of a young man's self discovery At once horrifying and deeply moving Eliade's story repeats the patterns of European engagement with India even as it exposes and condemns them Invaluable for the insight it offers into Eliade's life and thought it is a work of great in.