Staying On - Scott, Paul

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Résumé :
The sequel to The Raj Quartet, Paul Scott's Staying On describes the fate of Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley, a British couple who remain in India after the war. In spite of their woes Tusker and Lucy are wonderfully comic, spirited, and eloquent characters. They reveal the intricate class tensions among the British of the Raj, the ambiguities of relationships with Indian employees, and the mute loyalty and resentful dependence of aging couples.

Biographie:
Paul Scott (1920-78) was a British novelist best known for the tetralogy The Raj Quartet, published by the University of Chicago Press. Scott was drafted into the British Army during World War II and was stationed in India, an experience which shaped much of his literary work. The University of Chicago Press has also published his novels The Birds of Paradise, The Chinese Love Pavilion, Six Days in Marapore and Staying On, the latter of which won the Booker Prize for 1977....