The Towers of Silence is the 1971 novel by Paul Scott that continues his Raj Quartet. It gets its title from the Parsi Towers of Silence where the bodies of the dead are left to be picked clean by vultures. The novel is set in the British Raj of 1940s India. It follows on from the storyline in the The Day of the Scorpion.
Read more about The Towers Of Silence: Plot Introduction, Plot Summary, Major Themes
Famous quotes containing the words towers and/or silence:
“The sardonic funeral towers of metropolitan finance.”
—Lewis Mumford (18951990)
“Let thy West Wind sleep on
The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes,
And wash the dusk with silver.”
—William Blake (17571827)