A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Rau, Santha Rama; Forster, E.M.
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Add to basketSold by Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
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Add to basketFirst US edition, advance review copy, of this play based on E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, a story of scandal and racism that takes place in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement. Indian-American writer Santha Rama Rau was the author of "the first memoir written by a South Asian American" (Wenying Xu), HOME TO INDIA (1945), published to acclaim while she was the first Indian student at Wellesley. She began work on this stage adaptation of Forster's A PASSAGE TO INDIA soon after the country won its independence in 1947; it found success both in the West End and Broadway. 7.25'' x 5''. Original gilt-stamped green cloth boards. Original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket. 112 pages. Publisher's review slip laid in. Significant offsetting to endpapers from previously laid in material, light edge toning to boards. Light wear and toning to jacket, light soil to jacket spine. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
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