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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).
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 019211784X
- ISBN 13 9780192117847
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo pp 222. Signed presentation copy to The Times journalist Rachel Campbell - Johnson with an attractive drawing of a bird and some words in Sanskrit. Loosely inserted is a goodk handwritten letter to her discusiing his writing and his art, mentioning an exhibition of his paintings in Mayfair. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Signedes. Seller Inventory # C79411
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED, INSCRIBED and ILLUSTRATED by the author on the front free endpaper in black fountain pen: 'For Christiana With Love Prafulla Mohanti 23 June 1988' with pen sketch of a Peacock bird. First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Fore-edge of text-block very slightly lightly foxed with a couple of very small light faint brown marks not affecting the interior pages. Interior pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper. Rear panel of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Edges of dustwrapper very slightly creased and rubbed. Corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed. With an OUP price sticker to the back wrapper. No tears. Front panel of dustwrapper bright. 222 pages. 224mm x 142 mm. ***'Prafulla Mohanti arrived in Britain from India in July 1960 as a qualified architect. In My Village, My Life, his first book, he described the village of Nanpur, in Orissa, where he grew up; now, in his new book, he turns to his experiences in Britain. Living in Leeds, where he studied town planning, and later working for the Greater London Council, he encountered aspects of British life and attitudes that the English films and stories of his Indian childhood had not revealed. There were surprises, such as the sight of a 'fat, pink' baby in a pram - and there were the shocks of racial prejudice and loneliness. But Prafula Mohanti was determined to make the best of things: he began to teach yoga and dancing, and developed his talent for painting, winning many friends and admirers over the years. Since then he has found his allegiance torn between his Indian home and the life he leads as an artist and writer in Britain. ***One reviewer said of the author's first book that much of its success lay in the 'short, simple sentences with a cumulative density of effect that no literary elaboration could improve upon.' Through Brown Eyes, by constantly contrasting Britain with India, looks at what we take for granted in a new light; it allows us to see ourselves as others see us.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb. ***First impression of the true first edition, signed and inscribed with a pen sketch by the author, in its original dustwrapper in very nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 6451
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