Red earth and pouring rain

a novel

542 pages

English language

Published Feb. 20, 1995 by Little, Brown and Co..

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An Indian student, home from college in the U.S., shoots a monkey who turns out to be the reincarnation of a poet. Subsequently the two take turns telling their story, the poet recalling epic deeds of glory in fighting the British Raj, the student of materialism and boredom in America.

6 editions

Subjects

  • East Indian students -- United States -- Fiction.
  • Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
  • Reincarnation -- Fiction.
  • Storytelling -- Fiction.
  • Young men -- Fiction.
  • Monkeys -- Fiction.
  • India -- Fiction.