02 Mar / A River Sutra by Gita Mehta [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
A retired civil servant living along the holy Narmada River whose banks are believed to contain 400 billion sacred places, comes into contact with numerous travelers and their mesmerizing stories, including an ascetic monk who gave up unimaginable wealth, a young man possessed by the spirit of a scorned lover, and a woman in search of her kidnapped daughter.
Review: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997
Readers: Adult
Published: 1993