In this sensitive memoir an Indian architect living in England since 1960 writes of his life there and tells of the aspects and attitudes of British society that the stories of his childhood had never prepared him for: ugly industrial landscapes, bureaucracy, cultural apathy, and naked racial prejudice. How he conquered his isolation and found solace as an artist and writer is here told in a style whose success lies in "short simple sentences with a cumulative density of effect that no literary elaboration could improve on" (from a review of his first book, My Village, My Life).
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 48386599-75
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002778749
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Seller Inventory # 9038948
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.66. Seller Inventory # bk0140114653xvz189zvxgdd
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Meera Dayal Deshaprabhu (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. The back-jacket blurb for this 22 page autobiography reminds us the the author is a town-planner, teacher and artist. He arrived in England as a stident in the Sixties. Read more about : Wakefield School of Art, Chelsea Bridge, YMCA dormitory, sishya, Vishnu, potters, Gladbeck, Boimbay, British Airways, Lalit Kala Akademi, and Mataji. This is a story about racial prejudice and a response to it. UNillustrated. Cond ; Paper wrapper is yellow with a penguin orange spine and the quality binding that implies. cover illustration has a park bench and the Tower of London. No names. Tight in binding. Minimal wear. Minimal soiling. Excellent reading copy QUote (p, 129) :: " One day the children were going to Bristol accompanied by the au pair girl, a Scandinavian girl with very fair hair. I was asked to look after them in Londion. I met them at Waterloo and took then to Paddington by taxi. As we walked ._._._. . " Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 015421
Quantity: 1 available