{"product_id":"9781948032582","title":"Fraterhouse","description":"Fraterhouse, a college originally for men but now co-educational, was founded in the 1880s by a group of scholars from a monastic order based in Oxford. In independent India the links with Oxford inevitably grew more tenuous; those among the teachers who were English left. The links with Oxford were not, however, severed; a trust set up by a former banker who had worked in India , the Nicholls Trust, regularly sent out two lecturers from Oxford for terms that could last four years.\u003cp\u003eThe story is mainly of Nirmal Hazra a distinguished product of the college, of his disastrous involvement, in his first years as a teacher, with Aishani Mitra, a student; of his growing interest in Emily Desanges, one of the Nicholls Trust scholars; of James Ellis, the other Nicholls scholar, deeply interested in Sanskrit literature, who falls in love with Amanda Murray, a diplomat in the U.K. High Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the seasons that make up a year change, so do the stories of the persons linked to Fraterhouse; some end, but are renewed in other forms, like the seasons. Only the college endures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Notion Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064950079728,"sku":"9781948032582","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781948032582_p0.jpg?v=1763801905","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781948032582","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}