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Journey to Ithaca

Journey to Ithaca

Summary

Like so many other young Westerners in the 1960s and 1970s, Matteo leaves home to search for spiritual enlightenment in the ashrams of India. He believes he finds it at the feet of 'the Mother', but down-to-earth Sophie, who accompanies him, does not find her inspiring so much as mysterious, and decides to trace the Mother's own story - from her travels with an Indian dance troupe in Paris, Venice and New York, to her search for divine love in India.

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  • A beautiful book of epic scope... Anita Desai has surpassed her own previous high standards
    Literary Review

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Anita Desai

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