TOO LONG IN THE WEST

by Balachandra Rajan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 20, 1961

Long in the in the second novel of Dr. Rajan, who earlier wrote a The about a young Indian man who returns from years of education in England to enter an arranged marriage and to re-adjust to the life and hopes of his country. The story of the present book is superficially similar. In Long in the West a young Indian girl returns after three years at Columbia University to her family's home in the hills, where she is to inspect the possible husbands her eccentric father has The treatment in the two books, however, is very different. Long in the West attempts to It simply is not funny and the few good hits (and there are some) the many misses. The characters, who range from an American expert Indian manufacturer, are wooden mouthpieces; even the central character, the girl, never assumes a life of her own as every successfully communicated character must. The usual presumption about a second novel unfortunately applies to this book.

Pub Date: Feb. 20, 1961

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Atheneum

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1961

Categories: FICTION