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| Original Title: | The Day of the Scorpion |
| ISBN: | 0226743411 (ISBN13: 9780226743417) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Raj Quartet #2 |
| Characters: | Hari Kumar, Mohammed Ali Kasim, Mildred Layton, Count Bronowsky, Captain Rowan, Mabel Layton, Barbie Batchelor, Sarah Layton, Susan Layton, Ronald Merrick, Ahmed Kasim, Nigel Rowan |
| Setting: | India,1943 |
Paul Scott
Paperback | Pages: 493 pages Rating: 4.3 | 1379 Users | 102 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet #2) |
| Author | : | Paul Scott |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 493 pages |
| Published | : | May 22nd 1998 by University of Chicago Press (first published 1968) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. India. European Literature. British Literature |
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In "The Day of the Scorpion," Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history. As the scorpion, encircled by a ring of fire, will sting itself to death, so does the British raj hasten its own destruction when threatened by the flames of Indian independence. Brutal repression and imprisonment of India's leaders cannot still the cry for home rule. And in the midst of chaos, the English Laytons withdraw from a world they no longer know to seek solace in denial, drink, and madness.Rating Epithetical Books The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet #2)
Ratings: 4.3 From 1379 Users | 102 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books The Day of the Scorpion (The Raj Quartet #2)
Just as history cant be undone, innocence, once lost, cant be retrieved. If history would allow, I would dearly love to read Paul Scotts The Day Of The Scorpion without having first read The Jewel In The Crown. Scorpion is very much a continuation of the Crown and I am not convinced that a reader coming cold to the book as a stand-alone work would cope with the multiple references to what came before. Like the characters in Paul Scotts novels, I cant undo history and can only thus reflect onThis is the second book of "The Raj Quartet", the first being "Jewel in the Crown". That one concerned the rape of a white girl in the Bibighar Gardens in Mayapor, India, the reasons for and aftermath of the incident itself. The writing was impeccable, the history illuminating, and the characters unforgettable, both black (As the English referred to the natives) and white.This second book continues where that left off, with different characters and settings, but still the aftermath of the rape
Review in ProgressI finished this one in the wee hours of the morning. And sat staring at the last page with my hands over my mouth, stunned. I felt it had all happened to me. Just happened.I will defer my detailed review until I have re-read this extraordinary book along with the HBC, and I'll be posting thoughts from time to time here. If you are thinking of reading this, the group read is only just getting started.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
There are countless novels detailing British rule in India over several hundred years, E. M. Forster's Passage to India standing at or near the top of that list. While not previously all that familiar with Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet, I very much enjoyed The Day of the Scorpion, the 2nd volume of the tetralogy. The concept of the reaction of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire can be said to stand for the British in India as it became apparent to many that the days of the Raj (British rule
The second book in the quartet and am finding the novels to be quite compelling reading. Many of the characters from Jewel in the Crown again make an appearance. Particularly enjoyed reading Hari Humar's side of the story regarding his relationship with Daphne Manners and the aftermath. This novel is evocative of time and place and has a bit of everything politics, culture, romance and prejudice. Lengthy novel which I enjoyed a touch more than The Jewel in the Crown.
In The Day of the Scorpion, Paul Scott has followed up the first volume of The Raj Quartet, The Jewel in the Crown, with the same power and historical insight that makes his novels both captivating and informative. While we meet some new players in the drama, The Laytons, an English family caught in the changing attitudes and sensibilities of the Raj, we are also given an update on familiar characters. In the midst of a national upheaval, we come to know what has happened to Hari Kumar and
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