Presented as a translation from a Sanskrit manuscript but written by Bain himself, this story moves through the forest, the desert, the river and the hills of an imagined ancient India. A spoiled child, the thirst of an antelope, a glamour of noon and a night in the desert frame a tale of longing for a woman beyond reach.
One of Bain’s richly decorative Indian fantasies, admired in their day, for lovers of lush, poetic prose. Download the free EPUB.