Gate of the Hundred Sorrows

'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the City.' Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking stories of northwest India, where he grew up. This book presents a selection from his inexhaustibly contentious and various early work.

-- Amintiti-va, era o casa de opiu pukka, respectabila, si nu una dintre acele chandoo-khane inabusitoare si inabusitoare pe care le puteti gasi in tot orasul. Kipling a devenit mai intai faimos pentru povestile sale intepatoare, dure si socante din nord-vestul Indiei, unde a crescut. Aceasta carte prezinta o selectie din lucrarile sale timpurii, inepuizabil de controversate si diverse.