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Hindoo holiday : an Indian journal / J.R. Ackerley ; introduction by Eliot Weinberger.
Van Pelt Library PR6001.C4 Z466 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967--Travel--India.
- Ackerley, J. R.
- Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967.
- Travel.
- India.
- Authors, English--20th century--Travel--India.
- Authors, English.
- British--India--History--20th century.
- British.
- History.
- India--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Review Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- This is J.R. Ackerley's classic journal of the six months he spent as personal secretary and companion to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur in the 1920's. His marvelous powers of observation and rare wit bring to life the eccentric court of the Maharajah, from the odd members of his entourage, to the ironies and absurdities of everyday life in India, to the vivacious and unforgettable Maharajah himself. Modest and compassionate, Hindoo Holiday is written with an elegance and immediacy that time will never dim.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1932.
- ISBN:
- 0940322250
- OCLC:
- 41540266
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