{"product_id":"the-flame-of-the-forest-sudhin-n-ghose-9789386338570","title":"The Flame of the Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'[Myna] ... moved as though sustained by invisible wings attached to her feet. Her whole frame glowed like an incandescent bronze figure. And I recalled that Myna's name before she became a \u003c\/em\u003ekirtani \u003cem\u003ewas the Flame-of-the-Forest ...'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young scholar in post-Independence Calcutta finds that his life is in the doldrums. He cannot secure a job despite having completed his education with flying colours. Unwilling to steady his drifting, his lover has abandoned him. And, increasingly put off by the clamour for 'progress' among the newly liberated city-folk around him, all of whom are quick to dismiss tradition, he finds himself drawn to Myna, a \u003cem\u003ekirtani \u003c\/em\u003ewho believes she is a handmaiden to Radha, Lord Krishna's consort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his attempts to make a living, he writes frivolous articles for an American magazine and acts as a part-time secretary to his mentor, the Diwan, a political moderate with waning influence. But when Ek Nambur, a demagogue and Diwan's political rival, puts the latter under house arrest and comes after the young man, he is forced to make a choice. He can stay on to fight a losing battle or take up Myna's invitation to join her and become a fellow pilgrim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sumptuous tapestry of myth, history and legend, \u003cem\u003eThe Flame of the Forest \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of a young adult forced to choose between tradition and modernity, and take up the responsibility of moulding his own life. The concluding novel in Sudhin N. Ghose's classic quartet, \u003cem\u003eThe Flame of the Forest \u003c\/em\u003ewas published in 1955 and is being reissued for the first time in more than half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sudhin N. Ghose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9386338572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789386338570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Sudhin N. Ghose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487185219839,"sku":"9789386338570","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11708855-1c92-431c-8efd-379989385402.jpg?v=1778058890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flame-of-the-forest-sudhin-n-ghose-9789386338570","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}