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Book Summary
"I don't quite know how Jeffery Paine has done it-- except by subtle and
provocative genius-- but "Father India" is an utterly surprising and
indispensible book... Learned... lively... It renders Jeffery Paine's vast
knowledge intimately. Father India is a splendid achievement." --Howard Norman,
author of "The Bird Artist" "With wit and relish, "Father India" demonstrates
both the fascination-- and the folly-- of seeking to solve the problems of one
civilization by adopting solutions suggested by another. It's deftly drawn
subjects range from Lord Curzon to E. M. Forster, V. S. Naipaul to Mahatma
Gandhi, but their common experience attests to something all western lovers of
India know--that no
ISBN-13
9780060173036
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publishing Date
1998-11
Product Edition
1st
Total Pages
324
Father India: How Encounters with an Ancient Culture Transformed the Modern West
"I don't quite know how Jeffery Paine has done it-- except by subtle and
provocative genius-- but "Father India" is an utterly surprising and
indispensible book... Learned... lively... It renders Jeffery Paine's vast
knowledge intimately. Father India is a splendid achievement." --Howard Norman,
author of "The Bird Artist" "With wit and relish, "Father India" demonstrates
both the fascination-- and the folly-- of seeking to solve the problems of one
civilization by adopting solutions suggested by another. It's deftly drawn
subjects range from Lord Curzon to E. M. Forster, V. S. Naipaul to Mahatma
Gandhi, but their common experience attests to something all western lovers of
India know--that no