About the Book: Flaming Soul: A heart-touching account of Swami Vivekanandas
last years
In A Flaming Soul, writer and scholar Chanchal Kumar Ghosh turns to the most
intimate chapter of Swami Vivekanandas extraordinary life—the final year and a
half of his life between 1900 and 1902. Set largely on the quiet banks of the
Ganges at Belur Math, the narrative reveals a very different Vivekananda from
the one who awakened a nation. Here, he is portrayed as ailing yet serene,
withdrawn yet deeply compassionate, and all the time preparing inwardly for his
final departure.
Blending meticulous historical research with the sensitivity of a novelists
imagination, Ghosh brings