Staying on quotes showing 11 of 1 i remember one party when we seemed to be absolutely stranded. This page contains details about the fiction book staying on by paul scott published in 1977. I mean everyone else gone and just tusker and me, peering out into the dark waiting for. Oh look, tusker, ive had a nice letter from the laytons in england harking back to events in the raj quartet, said lucy, wondering whether. In the india of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously that of an english girl in mayapore, and that of india by the british. Scott died in 1977, shortly after winning the booker. Staying on the raj quartet, epilogue paul scott, 1977 university of chicago press 216 pp. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. May 12, 2005 paul scott was born in london in 1920. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin. Staying on provides a sort of postscript to scott s deservedly acclaimed the raj quartet. Staying on is a novel by paul scott, which was published in 1977 and won the booker prize. Paul mark scott was a british novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the raj quartet. Staying on paul scott pdf staying on paul scott pdf are you looking for ebook staying on paul scott pdf.
In this sequel to the raj quartet, colonel tusker and lucy smalley stay on in the hills of pankot. Staying on the raj quartet, epilogue by paul scott. I worked with carl davis on the music for this movie at his home in south london to rushes sent by itv in 1980 as well as doing the final recording in the studio and he didnt give me any credit for my indian musical input as carl knew nothing about indian ragas. Sarah layton and the others did survive and move on with their lives, as this film relates. Staying on is the story of lucy and tusker smalley, who chose to stay on in india after independence, rather than return to england. Trevor howard and celia johnson, the stars of the classic british romantic drama brief encounter 1946, were reunited in the 1980 tv special staying on. I first met paul scott at firpos bar on chowringhee in calcutta in 1944. It won the booker prize in 1977, though scott could not receive the prize in person as he was too ill. But it is a sequel to several centuries of british life in india, and to two of those lives in particular. Sep 08, 2017 the novels explaining britains path from the raj to brexit. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in india and malaya.
This occurs shortly after he receives a letter from his landlord, the owner of the adjacent hotel. However, i can say that the story lingered in my mind for days afterwards, not an easy feat in an age of instant distraction and social media. In the garden of smiths hotel in pankot, india, tusker smalley lies dead from an apparent heart attack. Login register for bookmarks and favorites home series archive. Staying on covers only a few months but it carries the emotional impact of a lifetime, even a civilisation philip larkin certainly his funniest and, i think, his best. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The history of the background music may be of interest to those interested in the production of this film.
What made the experience of listening to staying on the most enjoyable. Tusker and lucy smalley have elected to stay behind after the british raj is disassembled and scott picks. No one writing knows or can evoke an angloindian setting better than scott. Paul scott indian classic the raj quartet is one of those series of books that deserve revisiting every couple of years or so, written beautifully set at the time of the collapse of british rule in india it inspired one of the best television series ever made.
Commencez a lire staying on english edition sur votre kindle en moins dune minute. Paul scott was born in london in 1920 and joined the indian army in 1943. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Only the tyranny of their landlady, the imposing mrs bhoolabhoy, threatens to upset the quiet rhythm of. Paul gray, time staying on provides a sort of postscript to scott s deservedly acclaimed the raj quartet. In this sequel to the raj quartet, colonel tusker and lucy smalley stay on in the hills of pankot after indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Mar 28, 2011 staying on won the booker prize in 1977. Staying on uses some the minor characters from these novels to portray a poignant. Paul scott author paul mark scott was an english novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the raj quartet. It is sometimes referred to as a sequel to his tetralogy the jewel in the crown. Staying on focuses on tusker and lucy smalley, who are briefly mentioned in the latter two books of the raj quartet, the towers of silence and a division of the spoils, and are the last british couple living in the small hill town of. Sadly, paul scott was unable to attend the ceremony at which he was to be awarded the 1977 booker prize. Staying on takes place in early 1972 in pankot, india.
Again scott illumines character with a sense of both the tragic and ridiculous, and this is a memorable portrait of two hanging on after the party is over. Paul scott was born in southgate, north london, the younger of two sons. Scott is perhaps most famous for the quartet of novels beginning with the jewel in the crown but many critics seem to regard staying on as his best novel. It was published in 1977 when it won the booker prize, a year before scott s death at the age of fifty seven from colon cancer. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented. Staying on by paul scott and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I was an nco in what was euphemistically described as. Staying on is paul scotts followup to the raj quartet. Given the chance to return home when tusker, once a colonel in the british army, retired, they chose instead to remain in the small hill town of pangkot, with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the empire.
Staying on by paul scott book cover, description, publication history. Robert towers, newsweek scott s vision is both precise and painterly. He served in the british army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in india and malaya. In this sequel to the raj quartet, colonel tusker and lucy smalley stay on in the hills. Jun 21, 2017 staying on by paul scott is a wonderful little novel, a booker prize winner and, having read scotts raj quartet, a novel that has changed what i thought of scotts writing. Staying on by paul scott the 2039th greatest fiction book. For fans of the raj quartet, as well as new readers of paul scott, and the novels of angloindia, an elegiac farewell to the raj. He is the author of distinguished novels, including his famous the raj quartet. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous the raj quartet. Aug 22, 2016 staying on by paul scott if not marvelous, at least a very good read after a trip to central america, in the company of holliwell and his buddies from a flag for sunrise, by the fabulous robert. It is the story of the living death, in retirement, and the final end of a walk on character from the quartet. The sensitivity, the humor, the storytelling, and language of a great british novelist.
Paul gray, time staying on provides a sort of postscript to scotts deservedly acclaimed the raj quartet. Paul scott has the most beautiful writing style that you become immersed in the story and invested in the characters. Staying on by paul scott overdrive rakuten overdrive. Eloquent and hilarious, she and tusker act out class tensions among the british of the raj and give voice to the loneliness, rage, and. I mean everyone else gone home and just tusker and me, peering out into the dark, waiting for transport home that never turned up.
Staying on far transcends the events of its central action. He has, as it were, summoned up the rajs ghost in staying on. What other book might you compare staying on to and why. Its a process that scott once described as the british coming to the end. Paul scott was born in palmers green, in southgate, london, then in middlesex. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, lucy claims a degree of independence herself. It is 1972, long after the british have left the hills of. In this sequel to the raj quartet, colonel tusker and lucy smalley stay on in the hills of. Without staying on, what became of those people after the closing of the quartet would never be known, but that is not a worry with this film. Buy staying on book online at best prices in india on.
A graceful comic coda to the earlier song of india. Paul scott 192078 was a british novelist best known for the tetralogy the raj quartet, published by the university of chicago press. However, as in the coda of a symphony, there are here lingering elements of the authors overview of a cultural clash in. The novels explaining britains path from the raj to brexit. Staying on by paul scott 1977, book for sale online ebay. Staying on details the final days on one of the officers who elected to stay on after independence rather than return home to his native. It is sometimes referred to as a sequel to his tetralogy. May 17, 20 the origins of paul scotts vast masterpiece.
Paul mark scott 25 march 1920 1 march 1978 was an english novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his tetralogy the raj quartet. Paul scott s staying on this delightful drama, based on the awardwinning novel by paul scott the jewel in the crown, reunites the magnificent trevor howard and celia johnson for the first time since their appearance in the classic 1947 romance, brief encounter. Aug 30, 2017 finished reading again, for the third time, one of my favourite novels, staying on by paul scott. You will be glad to know that right now staying on paul scott pdf is available on our online library. It is the story of the living death, in retirement, and the final end of a walkon. Jun 19, 2019 the 1980 television adaptation by granada television of paul scott s novel staying on. In calling staying on a sequel, i am not referring primarily to paul scott s celebrated raj quartet. Staying on a fine dessert is so much more rewarding if you approach it the long way around, via the raj quartet fourcourse meal. The origins of paul scotts vast masterpiece the new republic. I was lucky to get the editorial edition of a longman publication of this book. This book is the 2039th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. In this sequel to the raj quartet, colonel tusker and lucy smalley stay on in the hills of pankot after indian independence deprives them of.
This had a detailed guide on what to expect in the book, a brief background to the plot, a cross study of paul scotts other pieces in the light of the present plot and a possible approach to the reading. Staying on by paul scott is a wonderful little novel, a booker prize winner and, having read scott s raj quartet, a novel that has changed what i thought of scott s writing. His novel staying on won the booker prize for 1977. The origins of paul scotts vast masterpiece the new. Staying on is a booker prize winning novel by paul scott. Im grateful paul scott took the time to write the book on which it is based. Note on staying on by paul scott man booker youtube.
Staying on is a quiet coda to the more epic approach paul scott took in his raj quartet series in which he depicts the final stages of the collapse of imperialism in india and the birth of a new independent nation. Tusker and lucy smalley have elected to stay behind after the british raj is disassembled and scott picks up their story in 1972, when they are living in the lodge of the smith hotel, without any other british citizens around them. Scott was drafted into the british army during world war ii and was stationed in india, an experience which shaped much of his literary work. After writing the raj quartet, paul scott produced this graceful novel of life in postcolonial india. Staying on won the booker prize in 1977 and was made into a motion picture starring trevor howard and celia johnson in 1979. The story begins and ends with the death of one of the main characters, tusker smalley, from a heart attack. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
A departure from the raj quartet in tone, staying on is nonetheless a darkly comic sequel which aptly draws upon the disappointments of the postcolonial situation. Jan 01, 1977 staying on is paul scotts followup to the raj quartet. It is a temptation to plead with browsers to postpone this fine brief novel until after reading scott s brilliant raj quartet four sequential novels published together in 1976sharpedged impressions of the rise, pinnacle, and remove of the british presence in india. The 1980 television adaptation by granada television of paul scotts novel staying on.