{"product_id":"india-in-mind-paperback","title":"India in Mind - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePankaj Mishra\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world's second most populous nation over the past two centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Mark Twain's puzzled fascination with Indian castes and customs, to Allen Ginsberg's awe at the country's spiritual and natural splendors, or from J. R. Ackerley's delightful recollections of his visits with an eccentric gay Maharajah, to Gore Vidal's unforgettable scene in his novel \u003cb\u003eCreation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ein which his character finally meets the Buddha and is bewildered-all twenty-five selections in \u003cb\u003eIndia in Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereveal a place that evokes, in the traveler, reactions ranging from fear and perplexity to astonishment and wonder. Edited and with an introduction and chapter notes by the award-winning novelist Pankaj Mishra, \u003ci\u003eIndia in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel of sympathy, sensitivity, and perception, not to mention outstanding writing.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world's second most populous nation over the past two centuries. \u003cbr\u003eFrom Mark Twain's puzzled fascination with Indian castes and customs, to Allen Ginsberg's awe at the country's spiritual and natural splendors, or from J. R. Ackerley's delightful recollections of his visits with an eccentric gay Maharajah, to Gore Vidal's unforgettable scene in his novel Creation,\" in which his character finally meets the Buddha and is bewildered-all twenty-five selections in India in Mind\" reveal a place that evokes, in the traveler, reactions ranging from fear and perplexity to astonishment and wonder. Edited and with an introduction and chapter notes by the award-winning novelist Pankaj Mishra, \"India in Mind is a marvel of sympathy, sensitivity, and perception, not to mention outstanding writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePankaj Mishra was born in North India in 1969 and now lives in London and India. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Romantics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and \u003cb\u003eAn End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, Granta, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.06 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694637584447,"sku":"9780375727450","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f2bc153ea470824e9278d7dbc65a045f.webp?v=1765001781","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/india-in-mind-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}