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A Passage to India
A Passage to India
(1924) is a novel by English author
E. M. Forster
set against the backdrop of the
British Raj
and the
Indian independence movement
in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the
Modern Library
and won the 1924
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for fiction.
Time magazine
included the novel in its "All Time 100 Novels" list. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India, borrowing the title from
Walt Whitman
's 1870 poem in
Leaves of Grass
.
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