In hard cover it's two volumes of perhaps 400+ pages each. I read it first about 40 years ago when I was single. ‘The Far Pavilions’ is a story of two friends who have lost each other and find themselves again as adults in India. Reviewed in the United States on JVerified Purchase This book is a classic and I dearly love it. She is a born storyteller.' - Paul Scott, author of The Raj Quartet, A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tratition of the great storytellers of the too distant past., A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tradition of the great storytellers of the too distant past. Kaye has written ‘The Far Pavilions’ which is a classic best seller of a few decades ago. She is a born storyteller.' -Paul Scott, author of The Raj Quartet, 'Rich in adventure, heroism, cruelty and love.' - Publishers Weekly 'A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tradition of the great storytellers of the too distant past.' - Book Review 'One of the true big ones.' - Cleveland Plain Dealer 'A great romantic adventure novel. A very long historically based book that is well written but avoids being heavy even if colonial India is not of particular interest. She is a born storyteller.' -Paul Scott, author of The Raj Quartet, 'Rich in adventure, heroism, cruetly and love.' -Publishers Weekly 'A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tratition of the great storytellers of the too distant past.' -Book Review 'One of the true big ones.'- Cleveland Plain Dealer 'A great romantic adventure novel. 'Rich in adventure, heroism, cruetly and love.' - Publishers Weekly 'A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tratition of the great storytellers of the too distant past.' -Book Review 'One of the true big ones.'- Cleveland Plain Dealer 'A great romantic adventure novel. The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.

The far pavilions book review