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1920s: An utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India – East of the Sun
East of the Sun
What you need to know before your trail
Three young women are on their way to India, to start their new lives.
Rose is about to be married to a man she barely knows and is nervous about leaving her family behind. Victoria, her bridesmaid is dying to get away from her overbearing mother and is on the look out for a husband herself. Viva, meanwhile is back in the India of her childhood to look for ghosts from the past.
Travel Guide
India – East of the Sun
India is at this moment, the land of contrasts and the county of dreams.
India drips from the page in this novel, the imagery is vivid and shows a world of extreme contrasts from the wealthy areas of Bombay where the socialites hang out to the more unsavoury and smelly areas of the slums.
The Kaiser i Hind
The journey to this place is long and slow. However, the ship which takes them the Kaiser i Hind however is a rich and atmospheric journey to the promised land.
“The sun woke her just five hours later, She basked in in like a cat on a windowsill and thought as she had almost every morning since she’s been at sea, How wonderful I’m free”
British rule
The book is set before the British were ousted from the continent but you can feel the rumblings of discontent are on the pages. Gandhi is a prominent figure and the Brits are nervous. These women come to India at a time where rich meets poor and when Viva gets a job in an orphanage, the picture becomes clearer still. East of the Sun begins in 1928 during the British Raj of India which lasted from 1858-1947.
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