When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its ins ular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.
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阿德拉想起了那些比她早来印度的青年男女,他们被半岛和东方航运公司一船又一船地送来,下船之后就开始吃那千篇一律的饭菜,学那一成不变的思想,并且都得以同样愉快地态度接受别人的冷落,要一直到他们对那套公认的规矩坚守不渝,并开始会用这种方式去冷落别人才行
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