The Serpent and the Rope

by Rao Raja and Raja Rao

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879512431
• ISBN13: 9780879512439
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

layered exposition of Indian Mind

This is a book that is to be read over and over again. Every time one reads it, a different layer reveals itself and the mastery of the story telling craft makes it enjoyable to read every time. This is not a book of a story. Its about the search for meaning and wisdom. The quest is presented by two view points one Eastern, i.e. Brahminical and other Western. To my mind, this is the closest that any one came near to synthesize the essentially different view points of Western and Eastern philosophies. A definate read for any one seriously inclined towards literature.

The Title says it all...

The book lives up to it's title, as it takes the reader through two perspectives of a single goal, one Eastern, esentially intuitive and Brahmincal, the other Western, essentially sensitive French.I thought the book was hugely interesting, not because of what it presented, but because of the way it presented two thoughts towards the same target. Serpent? Rope? how do YOU see it...I see something new every time I read this book, and I guess I will continue to do so. Raja Rao Rules.And yes, I am the proud owner of one of the earliest prints, thanks to my father.

A great book that I have enjoyed in many rereadings

This is one of the greatest books ever to have been written by an Indian. I also rate it as one of the great novels of the 20th century. It has had enormous influence on Indo-English writing.