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Rudyard Kipling: Ein englischer Autor, geboren 1865, und er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten englischen Schriftsteller, die im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert Gedichte und Prosa geschrieben haben. Er ist Autor vieler Kurzgeschichten und Kinderromane, die als Klassiker der Weltliteratur gelten, und er hat auch viele berühmte poetische Gedichte, und seine wichtigsten Werke sind "Das Dschungelbuch" und "Die sieben Meere". Erhielt 1907 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.

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Set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third fought in 1919, probably in the period 1893 to 1898. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India. The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road.
Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.
A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.