{"product_id":"2272-the-craft-of-the-essay-a-ved-mehta-reader","title":"The Craft of the Essay - A Ved Mehta Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ved Mehta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 387\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140288082\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA splendid, insightful introduction to the craft of the essay from an acknowledged master of the form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this special collection of Ved Mehta's outstanding writing, the distinguished master demonstrates a wide range of possibilities available to the narrative and descriptive writers today.  Addressing subjects that range from religion to politics and on to education, Mehta writes with eloquence and high style.  He meditates on the long history and diverse purposes of the essay form and on the struggle to write in it himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the eight reportorial, autobiographical and reflective essays included here - each a self-contained examination of cultural, intellectual, or personal themes - he writes on his experience of becoming an American citizen; on Christian theology, with a focus on Dietrich Bonhoeffer; on Calcutta and the poorest of the Indian poor; and on the disastrous fates of three of Mehta's brilliant contemporaries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning four decades of writing, this incisive and masterly collection is testament to Ved Mehta's status as an unsurpassed prose stylist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Lightning and the Lightning Bug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Battle Against the Bewitchment of Our Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Train Had Just Arrived at Malgudi Station\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePastor Bonhoeffer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCity of Dreadful Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNonviolence:  Brahmacharya and Goat's Milk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaturalized Citizen No. 984-5165]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Benefactress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Force and Road of Casualty\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ved Mehta \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776508407977,"sku":"2272","price":27.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/1957_8f7e5a12-a796-429b-9202-97c95692dabb.jpg?v=1625526843","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/2272-the-craft-of-the-essay-a-ved-mehta-reader","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}