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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
November 1, 2004
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781417709403
ISBN-10
1417709405
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Original list price
$27.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth. Now this extravagant and wonderfully discerning anthology unfurls the full diversity of Indian literature from the 1850s to the present, presenting todayâs brightest talents in the company of their distinguished forbearers and likely heirs.
The thirty-eight authors collected by novelist Amit Chaudhuri write not only in English but also in Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu. They include Rabindranath Tagore, arguably the first international literary celebrity, chronicling the wistful relationship between a village postal inspector and a servant girl, and Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee, represented by an excerpt from his classic novel about an impoverished Bengali childhood, Pather Panchali. Here, too, are selections from Nirad C. Chaudhuriâs Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, R. K. Narayanâs The English Teacher, and Salman Rushdieâs Midnightâs Children alongside a high-spirited nonsense tale, a drily funny account of a pre-Partition Muslim girlhood, and a Bombay policier as gripping as anything by Ed McBain. Never before has so much of the subcontinentâs writing been made available in a single volume.
The thirty-eight authors collected by novelist Amit Chaudhuri write not only in English but also in Hindi, Bengali, and Urdu. They include Rabindranath Tagore, arguably the first international literary celebrity, chronicling the wistful relationship between a village postal inspector and a servant girl, and Bibhuti Bhushan Banerjee, represented by an excerpt from his classic novel about an impoverished Bengali childhood, Pather Panchali. Here, too, are selections from Nirad C. Chaudhuriâs Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, R. K. Narayanâs The English Teacher, and Salman Rushdieâs Midnightâs Children alongside a high-spirited nonsense tale, a drily funny account of a pre-Partition Muslim girlhood, and a Bombay policier as gripping as anything by Ed McBain. Never before has so much of the subcontinentâs writing been made available in a single volume.
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Paperback
from Vintage Books (November 1, 2004)
9780375713002 | details & prices | 646 pages | 5.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $21.00
About: A richly diverse anthology capturing a broad array of Indian writing from the 1850s to the present day offers selected works by thirty-eight authors, including contributions by Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Rabindranath Tagore, R.
About: A richly diverse anthology capturing a broad array of Indian writing from the 1850s to the present day offers selected works by thirty-eight authors, including contributions by Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Rabindranath Tagore, R.
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (November 1, 2004)
9781417709403 | details & prices | List price $27.00
About: In recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth.
About: In recent years American readers have been thrilling to the work of such Indian writers as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth.
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