Snakes and Ladders - Couverture souple

Mehta, Gita

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749394765 ISBN 13 : 9780749394769

Editeur : Vintage, 1997

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Entertaining and beautifully written... A kaleidoscope of modern India." (The Economist)

"Taking in politics, economics, autobiography, jokes, history, polemic, anecdote, interview, race, the arts, literature, caste and the sex industry... as seen from the inside." (John Walsh Independent)

"Superb...a series of short essays, combining reminiscence, reportage and reflection...Gita Mehta's prose is precise, pointed and polished to a sheen... this is a book which informs and delights without presumption or pedantry." (Shashi Tharoor Punch)

"Written with a frankness and incisiveness still in surprisingly short supply among many who write about India... a lively once over...written with deep affection." (Barbara Crossette New York Times Book Review)

"The intelligent voice of India itself... a delicious evocation...formidably informed." (Publishers Weekly)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

By the world-famous novelist, this fascinating blend of personal memoir, historical anecdote and wry observation offers the indispensable guide and key to contemporary India in the fiftieth year of its independence. Entertaining, informative and passionate, there is no book like it. With a novelist's eye for detail and colour, Gita Mehta writes of the continent of contradictions that is host to one-sixth of the world's population. The world's largest democracy, it still practices the caste system. It's a burgeoning economic superpower, and one of the poorest nations on earth. It has the world's largest film industry, and the world's oldest religions. It is an ancient civilisation celebrating fifty years as a modern nation, entering a new civilisation many believe will belong to China and India. Now, as never before, the world wants to know what contemporary India is all about.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0749394765
• ISBN 13: 9780749394769
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240