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The snake charmer : a novel
- Title
- The snake charmer : a novel / Sanjay Nigam.
- Author
- Nigam, Sanjay.
- Publication
- New York : W. Morrow & Co., [1998], ©1998.
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- Description
- 223 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- The Snake Charmer tells the story of Sonalal, middle-aged and unloved by his rapacious wife and disrespectful sons. He is indisputably the best snake charmer in all of India, for he has elevated his trade to a delicate art. One evening, while charming his beloved snake, Raju, Sonalal produces a music so extraordinary that he feels touched by the gods. But in a moment that will change his life forever, his rapture turns to rage, and Sonalal destroys the one creature who loves him.
- Consumed by a despair so great that it threatens his very being - not to mention his masculinity - Sonalal embarks on an Odyssean journey in pursuit of redemption.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Adventure fiction.
- ISBN
- 0688158099
- LCCN
- 97049339
- OCLC
- ocm37946830
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries