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Kim

The Graphic Novel

By Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by Pankaj Mishra

By Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by Pankaj Mishra

By Rudyard Kipling

By Rudyard Kipling

By Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by Rakesh Kumar
Adapted by Lewis Helfand

By Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by Rakesh Kumar
Adapted by Lewis Helfand

By Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by John Bayley

By Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by John Bayley

By Rudyard Kipling
Translated by Pankaj Mishra

By Rudyard Kipling
Translated by Pankaj Mishra

Part of Modern Library 100 Best Novels

Part of Campfire Graphic Novels

Part of Modern Library 100 Best Novels

Paperback $8.00

Feb 10, 2004 | 336 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $4.95

Apr 01, 1983 | 320 Pages

Paperback $9.99

Jan 18, 2011 | 72 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

Hardcover $22.00

Mar 21, 1995 | 360 Pages

Ebook $2.99

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    About Kim

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

    Filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for Rudyard Kipling’s native India, Kim is widely acknowledged as the author’s greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he is unwittingly dragged into the Great Game of Imperialism. During his many adventures, he befriends a sage old Tibetan lama who transforms his life. As Pankaj Mishra asserts in his Introduction, “To read the novel now is to notice the melancholy wisdom that accompanies the native boy’s journey through a broad and open road to the narrow duties of the white man’s world: how the deeper Buddhist idea of the illusion of the self, of time and space, makes bearable for him the anguish of abandoning his childhood.”

    About Kim

    One of the great adventure books of all time, Kim, first published in 1901, is Kipling’s last major work about India, a farewell look brimming with all the color and sound, squalor and splendor of that exotic land. Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, is a mischievous worldly imp growing up in the walled city of Lahore. A secret mission for the British and a heartfelt bond with a Tibetan lama in search of a sacred river soon lead Kim into a life of spies and secrets, danger and high excitement. But Kim is more than a boy’s adventure. Written by the laureate of the British Empire, it is also a profound look at the differences between East and West. For the first time, a British writer understood India in all its complexity, mystery, and spirituality. Here we enter the harems; mingle with thieves, jugglers, and beggars; and experience all that is India in one of literature’s most magical and moving masterpieces.

    About Kim

    Kimball O’Hara was a child, like many others, living on the streets of India in the early 1900s. That was, until he befriended a Buddhist lama and became his disciple.

    The story of Kim follows our cheeky, fun-loving hero as he journeys across northern India – from Lahore to the vast beauty of the Himalayan mountains – in the company of the lama. The two of them have different goals, but the physical paths they follow are very similar.

    Before leaving Lahore, Kim is entrusted by one of his father’s friends to deliver a very special message. Through this he meets a member of the British Secret Service and discovers secrets he couldn’t have imagined. As the story progresses and his journey continues, Kim begins to learn more and more about what is known as the Great Game.

    As we follow Kim, we see him transformed from a simple vagabond into a sharpened operative in the dangerous world of politics, betrayal and death. All the excitement of Kim’s adventures takes place in the backdrop of a beautiful country full of amazing sights, incredible sounds and an extremely rich culture.

    In what is considered by many to be Kipling’s finest work, he draws on his own experiences of living in India to tell an unforgettable and action-packed story within a vivid and accurate setting.

    About Kim

    Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is the tale of an Irish orphan raised as an Indian vagabond on the rough streets of colonial Lahore. Young Kimball O’Hara’s coming of age takes place in a world of high adventure, mystic quests, and secret games of espionage played out between the Russians and the British in the mountain passages of Asia. Kim is torn between his allegiance to the ascetic lama who becomes his beloved mentor and the temptations of those who want to recruit him as a spy in the “great game” of imperial conflict. In a series of thrilling escapades, he crisscrosses India on missions both spiritual and military before the two forces in his life converge in a dramatic climax in the high Himalayas.

    Published in 1901, after its author had permanently moved away from India, Kipling’s masterpiece is marked by a maturity of perspective on the land of his birth, combined with breathtakingly brilliant descriptions of the fascinating lost world of the British Raj. Kim has enthralled generations of readers both by the exuberance of its storytelling and its vital and unforgettable portrait of the India of bazaars and sacred rivers, holy men and rogues, ancient customs and colonial society.

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    About Kim

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

    Rudyard Kipling’s Kim is the tale of an Irish orphan raised as an Indian vagabond on the rough streets of colonial Lahore. Young Kimball O’Hara’s coming of age takes place in a world of high adventure, mystic quests, and secret games of espionage played out between the Russians and the British in the mountain passages of Asia. Kim is torn between his allegiance to the ascetic lama who becomes his beloved mentor and the temptations of those who want to recruit him as a spy in the “great game” of imperial conflict. In a series of thrilling escapades, he crisscrosses India on missions both spiritual and military before the two forces in his life converge in a dramatic climax in the high Himalayas.

    Published in 1901, after its author had permanently moved away from India, Kipling’s masterpiece is marked by a maturity of perspective on the land of his birth, combined with breathtakingly brilliant descriptions of the fascinating lost world of the British Raj. Kim has enthralled generations of readers both by the exuberance of its storytelling and its vital and unforgettable portrait of the India of bazaars and sacred rivers, holy men and rogues, ancient customs and colonial society.

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    About Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he… More about Rudyard Kipling

    About Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he… More about Rudyard Kipling

    About Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he… More about Rudyard Kipling

    About Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he… More about Rudyard Kipling

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $8.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Feb 10, 2004 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812971347

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Mass Market Paperback | $4.95
    Published by Bantam Classics
    Apr 01, 1983 | 320 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553213324

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Campfire
    Jan 18, 2011 | 72 Pages | 6-1/2 x 10-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9789380028422

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $22.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Mar 21, 1995 | 360 Pages | 4-7/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780679443605

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Feb 10, 2004 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781588363626

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