A mysterious incident in the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr. Aziz, an Indian physician, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, mistrust, and fear. Forster's great novel brings to life all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism, but as Forster himself wrote, the story is about something larger than politics: about humanity's search for a lasting home, about the universe as embodied in the Indian earth and sky, about the terror that lurks in the Marabar Caves...