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Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville

by Akash Kapur

It’s the late 1960s, and two lovers converge on an arid patch of earth in South India. John Walker is the handsome scion of a powerful East Coast American family. Diane Maes is a beautiful hippie from Belgium. They have come to build a new world—Auroville, an international utopian community for thousands of people. Their faith is strong, the future bright.

Publisher

Scribner

Publication date

Jul 20, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

368

ISBN

9781501132513