Book Review – Kim
Book Name- Kim
Author- Rudyard Kipling
Genre- Classic Fiction
Publisher- Fingerprint! Publishing
Pages- 356 Pages
Price – 149 Rs.
Blurb
I am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim?’
His soul repeated it again and again.
Kimball “Kim” O’Hara, an Irish orphan, leads a hand-to-mouth existence. He begs on the streets of Lahore, British India and runs small errands for Mahbub Ali, a horse trader and spy.
One day, when he befriends an old Tibetan lama who is on a quest to find the legendary and sacred River of the Arrow, Kim becomes his disciple and follows him on his quest to attain enlightenment.
What happens as they journey together along the Grand Trunk Road and learn about the Great Game?
A riveting coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia at the end of the nineteenth century, Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is a timeless classic. It has undergone several film and television adaptations and continues to remain noteworthy.
Review
One of the most renowned work of Rudyard Kipling … KIM. Classics do have its own charm and beauty to it. Kim is no different, it is a brilliant story of Kim who is beggar when life took its turn is on a quest to find enlightenment influenced by a Tibetan Lama who wishes for the same by finding the legendary and sacred river of the arrow!
Each page will keep you hooked; it will present a great engaging reading experience. The characters mainly Kim will grow on you with each passing page. The writing style is something of praiseworthy too as expected, It’s a work of art! You will love it for sure.
