Kim (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Adventure
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, Race, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, England or English people, Storms, India or East Indian people, Adventure, Soldiers, Orphans or orphanages, Espionage or spies, Opium, Bribery
- Locales: India
Kim finds himself torn between the Indian and British worlds which existed side by side during the days of the British Raj. His Irish blood and his Indian upbringing have created within him a crisis of identity as he approaches manhood.
Thirteen but wise beyond his years, Kim meets a Tibetan lama (holy man), and decides to lead the lama across India in search of a sacred river. At first, he considers the quest only another escapade, but soon he becomes a devoted disciple.
Filled with comedy, sadness, danger, and excitement, their wanderings span some six years. The...
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Rudyard Kipling (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Rudyard Kipling (Poetry)Rudyard Kipling (Short Fiction)Rudyard Kipling (Long Fiction)Rudyard Kipling (Censorship)Rudyard Kipling (Dictionary of World Biography)
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