The 3 best books by Rudyard Kipling

From the middle of the XNUMXth century to the beginning of the XNUMXth, writers faced a changing world. Each one faced that part of commitment that literature always has to a greater or lesser extent, be it socially, politically, spiritually, existentially or simply in terms of the chronicle of the times lived.

But as I say, authors of those times of the industrial revolution, war conflicts, imperialism, social struggles, scientific and even technological advances, had a lot to choose from to end up telling a story more or less linked to human aspects of a changing world. .

Rudyard Kipling it was discovered as an extraordinary storyteller who even in fable, adventure or fantasy always showed an intentionality, a will to awaken humanism as a necessary point of balance and awareness with the natural environment.

The sensitivity of someone who was also a renowned poet is discovered in many of his novels, his Indian origins and his traveling spirit give his stories or tales masterful observation skills, rescuing novel perspectives on the transcendental among the everyday, ending up composing an imaginative work capable of reaching all types of readers with the same literary weight, from the youngest to the oldest.

Top 3 Recommended Books by Rudyard Kipling

The book of the jungle

Current adaptations of this great novel may offer trivial insight into the original story. Without undermining the intention of reaching the youngest with the character of Mowgli, the original proposal must be rescued so that it ends up gaining its fullest value.

It is no longer just about giving it a historical context (which too), but the truth is that the juice of this novel reaches up to the perception of humans in their natural environment.

Because our civilization is made up of cities, of more or less pre-established relationships, of roles and institutions, but we really forget that our natural environment is different, that our passage through this world is indebted to that increasingly committed nature.

And that is where Mowgli acquires a special relevance as a young man, still capable of relearning so many forgotten things about this, our world...

The book of the jungle

The man who could reign

The current editions usually summarize this short novel and other stories published in different publications of the author's time.

But the truth is that this work halfway between the story and the novel always ends up standing out for its double intention between adventure and politics. The protagonists of the story take their image from James Brooke, who became Rajah of the ancient kingdom of Borneo (another kingdom more "raised" to the Spanish empire, but that's another story ...) and Josiah Harlan.

Through these characters we discover a story of colonial adventures in which Kipling's admiration for this form of regency of so many English colonies is discovered, especially in Asian areas.

But Kipling's narrative capacity ends up presenting us with a story in which the political is relegated to the background in favor of the human, of adventure, of intercultural relations, of the enrichment of miscegenation and of competing interests that end up moving the plot.

The man who could reign

Kim from India

If there is a character in Kipling's bibliography who ends up exceeding the limits of the work, it is Kimball O'Hara. In the orphan child we discover the overcoming, the spark of luck as the fruit of the will to overcome all destiny.

Because when Kim discovers the lama determined to find the sacred river, he, who has nothing in his hands, also signs up for the adventure.

And the search for the river ends up composing a carat adventure in which the symbiosis between characters is always enriching in all the scenarios they must go through. Furthermore, the surprises regarding the plot also end up leaving the reader speechless...

Kim from India
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