Pip pip, old chap.

Current book: A Passage to India
Pages read: 250 - 322 (end)

Man, there's a lot of denouement in this book. The only stuff that happens in the last 72 pages is that Aziz agrees not to sue Ms. Quested for damages, she goes back to England, Fielding goes back to England, and then he marries Mrs. Moore's daughter, Stella. Ok, looking at that on the page, I guess it sounds like kind of a lot, but everyone just sort of disappears, and you only get to hear about it from Aziz's point of view. When Fielding goes to England after Ms. Quested leaves, Aziz suspects him of courting her in order to get the money that he urged Aziz not to sue her for, but is chagrined at his own mistrust when Fielding returns with Stella as his wife. Fielding and Aziz fight a little as a result of the situation, but eventually make up. The book ends, however, with Aziz asserting India's need for independence and Fielding saying it's impossible. Forster indicates that they aren't yet ready to build a friendship to cross the vast gulf that colonialism represents, but that they may be able to some day.

Overall, good. Nice commentary on the colonial situation in India at the time. Can't imagine it wasn't controversial as hell, but that's what literature's for, after all. Probably worthy, considering its political import. For some reason, I incline toward brevity when discussing this book. No explanation for that.