In India, four Japanese tourists converge on the River Ganges in search of absolution. The novel probes their consciences, from Isobe, grieving the death of the wife he ignored in life, to Kugachi, haunted by wartime memories of a man who saved his life by eating human flesh, then drank himself to death to forget. An analysis of the importance of religion.
| japanese title: | Dipu riba |
| notes: | Japanese title: Dipu riba. |
| subjects: | India |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780811212892 |
| OCLC number: | 31291480 |
| publisher: | New Directions, 1994, 1996; Peter Owen, 1994 |
| publication place: | New York; Chester Springs, PA |
| japanese publication date: | 1993 |
| english publication date: | 1994 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 216 p. ; 21 cm. |