by Paul Scott · EDITORIAL SEIX BARRAL, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432240096
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«Las torres de silencio. Reparto de despojos» is the novel by Paul Scott, published by Seix Barral in paperback and in Spanish.
The novel is set in India and portrays the last years of British rule, interweaving the lives of English and Indian characters. The plot explores the clash of cultures, identity and personal ties as the empire begins to crumble, with a critical look at colonization.
Second part of the series «La joya de la corona», written by Paul Scott and published in 1985.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction interested in the end of the British Raj and in the encounter between colonizers and colonized.
Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
