Knyga The Siege of Krishnapur

Leidimo metai- 2021. Autorius J.G. Farrell, ~384 psl., anglų klb., minkštas viršelis. Aprašymas: The Siege of Krishnapur is a historical novel by J.G. Farrell, set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, that chronicles the events of a siege on the fictional town of Krishnapur from the perspective of the British colonials. As the native sepoys revolt, the British community, initially confident in their superiority, finds itself besieged and forced to endure starvation, cholera, and a breakdown of their ordered society. The novel uses this situation to satirize the British Empire, revealing the brutality, blunders, and naive self-deception underlying its "civilizing" mission.