Raja Rao the Chessmaster and His Moves

Description: "The Chessmaster and His Moves is Raja Rao's most ambitious novel to date. Over a decade in writing. The Chessmaster-as indeed most of his work is essentially an ideological and metaphysical novel rooted in Indian tradition, thought and sensibility."The Chessmaster functions, all at once, at several different levels. At one level it is the story of an impossible love between Sivarama Sastri, an Indian mathematician working in Paris and a married woman which can only end in sorrow and despair. To come to terms with its impossibility. the protaganists tum inward in their search for answer and meaning, transforming the book into a metaphysical exploration. Amidst this search, each and every act, big or seemingly small, gets imbued with special meaning. Sastri's love for the French actress, Suzanne Chantereux, or her beguiling, effervescent compatriot Mireille, for instance, serve to underline the differences between the East and West; while the latter seek happiness in the world, Sastri is looking for freedom from the world itself."The Chessmaster is rich: in language, plot, in complexity, too, it is rich. And rich in locale and in its large cast of memorable characters-Indian, European, African and Jewish. By turns tender. tragic, sensuous or filled with laughter and delight-the book nevertheless remains utterly serious, concerned with the author's abstract search for the Absolute. Grand in sweep and range, the story moves from France to London, and on to the Himalayas and Bengal and contains, perhaps for the first time ever in a literary work, a dialogue between a Brahmin and a Rabbi: an exploration of reasons for the Holocaust and an attempt to expiate it."The Chessmaster and His Moves is the first part of a trilogy." - from inner sleeveH2

Price: 50 USD

Location: Brooklyn, New York

End Time: 2025-02-06T02:05:49.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD