Friday, March 4, 2011

20. The Far Pavillions

By:  M. M. Kaye
Rated 5 Stars
From:  Library
Still Reading

I love this book and just wanted to visit with it again so I decided to do a leisurly re-read.  The product Description is gushy but justified but it doesn't say anything about the book.  So I am inserting a link to a wonderful customer review on amazon.

Review on amazon


Product Description

When The Far Pavilions was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: "Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind."

From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.

The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.

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