Husein, el mahut

Resumen del libro

Mediante una historia que a menudo la crítica ha comparado con el Kim de Rudyard Kipling, O'Brian sigue en esta ocasión la trayectoria de un joven mahut, un guía de elefantes, para desplegar a un tiempo un apasionante recorrido por la India y un inolvidable viaje interior a lo más delicado del corazón humano. Los encuentros con magos, la búsqueda de la felicidad en las pequeñas cosas, un amor aparentemente imposible, el nomadismo, los enfrentamientos con camaradas, jalonan una emocionante lectura.

Biografía del autor

Patrick O'Brian, CBE born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and centred on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish Catalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series, the first of which is Master and Commander, is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. A partially finished 21st novel in the series was published posthumously containing facing pages of handwriting and typescript.<br><br>O'Brian wrote a number of other novels and short stories, most of which were published before he achieved success with the Aubrey Maturin series. He also translated works from French to English, and wrote two biographies.