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Posted by Helena (62.45.85.71) on :19:32:26 30/06/02
Can anyone help me find the passage about it taking an Englishman two years and an Englishwoman six months to become just like the other Anglo-Indians? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Ian Whitaker (62.252.64.6) on 18:48:45 03/07/02
Helena,
If you've got the Penguin Classic Paperback - reprinted in 2000 the passage you're looking for is on page 34. In Part I Mosque - Chapter II It's when Aziz is at Hamidullah's with Mahmoud Ali. "They all become exactly the same - not worse, not better. I give any Englishman two years, be he Turton or Burton. It is only the difference of a letter. And I give any Englishwoman six months. All are exactly alike."
Posted by Helena (62.45.85.71) on :22:45:04 05/07/02
Thanks Ian, and in my edition it's the same page number, so I did not even have to look up the chapter first.
Btw, thanks for the tip below, it seems interesting, I think I will cross the chanel for one of the performances.
Helena
Posted by Ian Whitaker (62.252.32.6) on 18:37:11 01/08/02
Hi Helena,
Glad I could help. It is a truly brilliant novel. I have to admit it was the first time I'd read the book so the lines had stuck in my mind. The characterisation is fabulous, so it should be a real challenge to put the production onto the stage. The novel really suits Shared Experience's style - which tends to give form to the hidden world of our emotions and desire so that you gain real insight and an emotional connection with each character. I think Methuen are looking at publishing the adaptation - but I don't think it will beat the live experience.
Posted by Joe (68.125.167.144) on :01:54:22 15/08/04
i cant read this... too small
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