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A Passage to India

E. M. Forster

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A Passage to India won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library, and was included in Time magazine's All Time 100 Novels list. 'A Passage to India' is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India and the title is derived from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem "Passage to India" in Leaves of Grass. 'A Passage to India' explores the common racial tensions and prejudices between Indians and the British who ruled India.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Year
2020
ISBN-13
9781515441854
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Colonialism and racial tensionBritish Raj and Indian independenceCultural misunderstanding

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