I.Allan Sealy
Auteur van The Trotter-Nama
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Werken van I.Allan Sealy
From Yukon to Yucatan: A Journey of Discovery in the Footsteps of America's First Travellers (1994) 7 exemplaren
Last In, First Out [short story] 2 exemplaren
The Trotter-Nama [extract] 1 exemplaar
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- Sealy, Irwin Allan
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Sealy, I. Allan
Sealy, Allan - Geboortedatum
- 1951
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- India
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- Allahabad, India
- Woonplaatsen
- Allahabad, India
Dehradun, India - Opleiding
- St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India
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Ritu, the newest nun, arrives at Everest when the town is in the midst of a political upheaval- the struggle for statehood so familiar in the Indian milieu. That’s not all the upheaval either: Ritu bears a resemblance to Jed’s late wife, and this causes the old man’s mind to come further unhinged. (However, Jed’s mental wanderings are erratic; some days, he is lucid, a great raconteur and quite a wit.) Then there is his young friend Brij, who is a part of the statehood struggle, and who visits him often. And who, on the roof of Everest, among Jed’s bathtubs and other paraphernalia, begins a doomed attraction to the young nun.
The rhythm of life at Everest is then further rippled by the arrival of a young German tourist, Inge, who is on a unique quest- to unearth the history of a dead uncle, a former poet who is buried in the cemetery adjoining Everest. Inge is the fulcrum of the story in some ways. Her mysterious, drug-fueled passions, her abrupt German sense of observation, and her skill at sculpting a new gravestone for her uncle, all intrigue and disturb Everest in ways deeper than the inhabitants realize.
Full review at http://devikamenon.blogspot.com/2011/05/readings-everest-hotel-by-allan-sealy.ht...… (meer)