Death of a Guru
- 208pages
- 8 heures de lecture
A unique revelation of the inward struggles of a Hindu and the ultimate triumph over death that he discovered. I found it challenging and inspiring. Must reading. Hal Lindsey
Rabindranath R Maharaj Livres
1 janvier 1955
La fiction de Rabindranath Maharaj explore les réalités quotidiennes et les défis auxquels sont confrontés les individus au sein des communautés indo-caraïbéennes au Canada et à Trinité-et-Tobago. Son écriture se distingue par sa compréhension sympathique et humaine de ses personnages, offrant une perspective moins critique que certains de ses contemporains. Maharaj explore l'interaction entre tradition et innovation, vie urbaine et rurale, dans le but de mettre en lumière les voix émergentes. Son œuvre capture les complexités de la société immigrée avec une approche chaleureuse et perspicace.
Maharaj's characters struggle heroically, though sometimes comically and oddly, to make their mark on the earth. It is as if the more frustrating their outward circumstances, the more intense their inner lives. Bashir Ali, the librarian, has developed an intimate relationship with his books, and a passionate hatred of their borrowers. 'Bhaji and rice! You put bhaji and rice on top of Virginia!' Hoobnath Hingoo, the metalwork technician, imagines a dire fate for the arrogant young engineers who lord it around the oil refinery. 'Barbecue the whole side of them. Grill them nice and black. Afterwards we could have a sale. Grill engineers. Going cheap. Eat as much as you like...' And of course there is Roop, the writer, who wants to escape from his gas station 'to write that book... about everything I ever thought of since I born.'
