"A lyrical homage to India's holiest, moodiest, foulest river. .
. .Trojanow is the perfect mix of insider and outsider. . . . It is
a treasure of a book, a must-have for anyone spending time on the
Ganges and wanting to get to know her better."--"Financial
Times"
"Funny, shocking, and always interesting."--"The Spectator"
"Along the Ganges" was voted one of the greatest travel books of
all time by "Conde Nast Traveler" by a jury including Gore Vidal
and Paul Theroux.
The River Ganges has a thousand names, and Hindu priests thought
it a sin to call her a river at all. She is a goddess, the source
of the world. Her waters are holy, healing, and still sold to
Hindus the world over. Ilija Tojanow, an international best-selling
author, traveled along the Ganges from the source, where it breaks
free from the ice in the Himalayas, to the great cities. Along the
way he visited the great Hindu festivals and talked to those who
warn of ecological disaster caused by gigantic dams. This colorful
travelogue describes a country caught between ancient traditions
and astonishing modernity, and the holy river that crosses it for
hundreds of miles.
Ilija Trojanow is the author "Mumbai to Mecca" (Haus Publishing)
and the best-selling novel "The Collector of Worlds," for which he
was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
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