City of Rains

By Nirmal Dass

City of Rains is an atmospheric page-turner, a wholly original perspective on Indian and Western history. It details the weariness and elation that accompany a man's journey to accomplish greatness within himself, while reaching into the life experiences of others who are extraordinary in their small lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894345622
• ISBN13: 9781894345620
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Thistledown Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

A journey of the soul

In City of Rains the reader will not find surface inuendos nor the modern liberalism that has made the word "relationship" meaningless and temporary, rather, he will be drawn into the journey of his own soul...in all of its multilayered forms...to see that the seed of love in its purest state yearns to break through the soil of life experiences. I will read it again to nurture that seed in my own soul.

Sensitive and Artistic

City of Rains is a quiet, gentle read; a truly refreshing work of art. It is a journey that I believe we can all identify with on some level. I hightly recommend this rare find.

Intriguing credentials

I bought this book because I was intrigued with the author's credentials. There is a saying (Russian, I think) that for every language you learn, you earn a new soul. So what to expect of an author who is Canadian, with an apparently East Indian name, who has published translations of old French, and who knows Sanskrit, ancient Greek, and who knows what else?The result I found was a many-souled story. Literary? Yes, but as accessible as it is lyrical. In parts it reminded me of my favorite passage in "Moby Dick", where Ishmael wanders the night streets of New Bedford. (A good book for a rainy night.) In other parts it brought to mind "Winesburg, Ohio," with characters who are stories.Overall it is a modern Odyssey, crossing a world of political boundaries, seeking, what? One soul of humanity?My favorite books are those I could not have written, but would have wanted to. Perhaps because I have been able to master only one language (not for lack of trying), I could never have written this book, but I wish I had.