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A review by karna
Ci, co pozostali by Paul Scott
3.0
It is not as good as the Raj Quartet, but I really liked how we follow the life of Tusker and Lucy Smalley in India, after the end of the Empire, living a life that is quite beneath what the expected before 1947.
Sometimes, their life and the one of the Bhoolabhoy's couple are a bit boring, but it becomes very interesting during the speech of Lucy to her husband, in which she remembers all the indignities she had to lived during his career, and the weigh of social convention between the wives of captains/brigadiers etc.. The thoughs and the letter of Tusker at the end of the book are also riveting.
They do love each other but don't communicate enough.
My favourite part is the speech of Lucy and the letter written by Sarah Layton, now Mrs Guy Perron to Lucy.
Because of this letter, I will surely re-read the Raj Quartet quite soon.
The ending of the book is very good.
Sometimes, their life and the one of the Bhoolabhoy's couple are a bit boring, but it becomes very interesting during the speech of Lucy to her husband, in which she remembers all the indignities she had to lived during his career, and the weigh of social convention between the wives of captains/brigadiers etc.. The thoughs and the letter of Tusker at the end of the book are also riveting.
They do love each other but don't communicate enough.
My favourite part is the speech of Lucy and the letter written by Sarah Layton, now Mrs Guy Perron to Lucy.
Because of this letter, I will surely re-read the Raj Quartet quite soon.
The ending of the book is very good.