Great plot, excellent characterizations, sweeping history, drama, romance and humor. Out of print but got a used copy on Amazon. Thank you, GR, for directing me to it, and to an author new to me.
The plot was compelling, the characters believable, and the descriptions reLouis Bromfield, a prominent author before WWII, now largely forgotten, wrote popular novels and championed organic agriculture and socialism. Out of print but got a used copy on Amazon.
Even though it was written 8O years ago, one caLouis Bromfield, an Ohio author, began this book in 1933 in India and completed it in New York City in 1937. 0451009045 The facts about life in India accord with what I had read in a "travel" book of Czech author who lived in India for quite time later in the 20th century - he worked there when he was young as a volunteer at Service Civil International. Although the story could have included more background on India, the story has some twists and turns and is an epic story of life and love.Lois Bromfield has an incredible way of building complex characters. But I was so wrong! I saw the movie first, starring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power (as an Indian!) On one hand it is a truly terrible colonialist book.
We’d love your help. Loved every sentence of it!One of my favourite all time books. I don`t know why I was reluctant, probably because of the cover which made it look like a cheap book with cheesy storyline. Thirty-four years after the publication of her dystopian classic, The Handmaid's Tale, Atwood returns to continue the story of Offred. I saw the movie first, starring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power (as an Indian!)
'The Rains Came' is a wonderful piece of Literature.I read this book a long time ago, and re-read it 3 times I think. A gigantic best-seller in its time, unjustly forgotten -but weirdly enough, still popular in France (another of those American novels I read in French at the time).
The facts about life in India accord with what I had read in a "travel" book of Czech author who lived in India for quite time later in the 20th century - he worked there when he was young as a volunteer at Service Civil International.
It's no wonder it was made into a movie, in 1939, Hollywood's Golden Year, with a somewhat simpler plot and fewer characters.
: A maldição da Índia) é um filme de drama romântico estadunidense de 1939, dirigido por Clarence Brown e produzido por Darryl F. Zanuck para a 20th Century Fox. It's no wonder it was made into a movie, in 1939, Hollywood's Golden Year, with a somewhat simpler plot and fewer characters.
The author was complete stranger to me, I found the book on the shelf among other old ones (old editions) in a private library and I do not regret picking it. Complete text of The Rains Came (public domain in Canada) (Inggris) The Rains Came di IMDb (Inggris) The Rains Came di Allmovie (Inggris) The Rains Came di TCM Movie Database (Inggris) The Rains Came di American Film Institute Catalog This book encompasses the human condition of tragedy, immorality, romance and enlightenment. Hard to believe this book doesn't carry on. I love to read the great forgotten authors and in my opinion Bromfield is one of the best. You can see in this book how people truly are, when they cannot put the masks anymore, when they are faced with real life crisis. Besides assembling the quality of the text with the capacity to reach a vast audience of readers, the text is a magnificent portrait of the clash between the eastern and western cultures in India between wars. I can't even tell you how many times I was screamingly cringing while going through this tome.