Kim (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781613824986)

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white.Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life. A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj. Includes illustration

Author: Rudyard Kipling
ISBN-10: 161382498X
ISBN-13: 9781613824986
Publisher: Simon & Brown
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2013
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.69d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 29969 / Kim (Unabridged)