· From “Monkey Hill” in Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux. They were round-shouldered and droopy-headed like mourners, the shadowy child-sized creatures, squatting by the side of the sloping road. All facing the same way, too, as though silently venerating the Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Paul Theroux's The Elephanta Suite is named after a luxury hotel suite in Mumbai (Bombay) that figures briefly in all three novellas in this collection. The first, "Monkey Hill," is about a wealthy American couple who stay at an idyllic ayurvedic spa. They react well to the therapy, but slowly find themselves drawn sexually to the therapists/5. Paul Theroux does many things well, but he might be best at transporting you to faraway places. You see the smoky haze over the town, smell the elephant dung in the courtyard, and practically feel the grot and grime of the lurid alleys in Mumbai. The Elephanta Suite is a /5(66).
Compare book prices from over , booksellers. Find The Elephanta Suite () by Theroux, Paul. Reading "The Elephanta Suite" by Paul Theroux, was a pure delight--virtual nonstop literary pleasure! Each novella transported me on an exotic sensual journey through an India few get an opportunity to observe. Everything about these stories was unexpected and new. This was one rollicking armchair adventure ride. The Elephanta Suite offers us a fresh notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose, or find, themselves there. Paul Theroux understands India intimately, as is clear from his various books based on the country, such as By Rail Across the Indian Subcontinent (); however, he does tend to present a rather well-worn image of the world's largest democracy which, today.
The Elephanta Suite is an exquisite triptych in which figures on each panel change the way we see the rest of the composition; and the whole thing, for all its subtlety, is done in strong colours. Theroux treats all of his characters with an unsparing frankness, whether Indian or American. But the result is that neither side wins. Paul Theroux's The Elephanta Suite is named after a luxury hotel suite in Mumbai (Bombay) that figures briefly in all three novellas in this collection. The first, "Monkey Hill," is about a wealthy American couple who stay at an idyllic ayurvedic spa. They react well to the therapy, but slowly find themselves drawn sexually to the therapists. "Theroux’s new book of three novellas, The Elephanta Suite, is his attempt -- brought off with mixed results but distinguished by worthy intentions and sturdy tradecraft -- to display and explain contemporary India in all its swarming, seductive, anachronistic, disorienting dynamism. India’s contradictions seem to interest him most, especially its peculiar combination of ancient ascetic spirituality and information-age commercialism.".
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