Plain Tales from the Hills

Plain Tales from the Hills is an outstanding collection of stories of colonial life capturing all the richness of India’s sights, sounds and smells. The tales Kipling tells are ones of loss, suffering and broken faith, a far cry from the celebratory patriotism that surrounded the Empire at the time. He writes with haunting passion about the cultural, racial and sexual barriers of the day and the stories resound with a tender, yet tragic, poignancy.