Kim

Ким, осиротевший сын ирландского солдата, путешествует вместе с ламой из тибетского монастыря. Ким родился в Индии, и рос, играя в трущобах с детьми бедняков. Но он белый, сагиб, и теперь хочет принять участие в Большой Игре между империями. Лама же жаждет благословения от Колеса Жизни. Ким дорожит их дружбой и рад вместе путешествовать по прекрасным, хоть и не всегда приветливым землям, в окружении живописных пейзажей и повсеместных атрибутов британского владычества. Полный насыщенных описаний и ярких персонажей, этот роман является наиболее популярным из длинных произведений Редьярда Киплинга. Это издание из серии «Penguin Classics» дополнено предисловием от профессора английской литературы Джен Монтефиоре и вступительной статьёй от писателя Гариша Триведи. «Ким», роман одного из самых популярных авторов классической британской литературы Редьярда Киплинга, станет великолепным подарком для подростков. Книга на английском языке. An epic rendition of the imperial experience in India, and perhaps his greatest long work, the Penguin Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling's Kim is edited with an introduction by Harish Trivedi, and includes a general preface by Jan Montefiore. Kim, orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white mother, and the lama, an old ascetic priest, are on a quest. Kim was born and raised in India and plays with the slum children as he lives on the streets, but he is white, a sahib, and wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism; while the priest must find redemption from the Wheel of Things. Kim celebrates their friendship and their journeys in a beautiful but hostile environment, capturing the opulence of the exotic landscape and the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Filled with rich description and vivid characters, this beguiling coming of age story is considered to be Kipling's masterpiece. Part of a series of new editions of Kipling's works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains a General Preface by Jan Montefiore and an introduction by Harish Trivedi placing the novel in its literary and social context. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay. In 1882 he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches and poems - notably Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) - which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. His most famous works include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901) and the Just So Stories (1902). Kipling refused to accept the role of Poet Laureate and other civil honours, but he was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize, in 1907.