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The Sacred Wordsmith: Writing and the Word
Current price:
$15.99
Publication Date: February 1st, 2023
Publisher:
India Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN:
9780143448624
Pages:
232
Description
The Sacred Wordsmith compiles the best of Raja Rao's writings, including his autobiographical Prefaces and Introductions. The volume puts together several of his noted acceptance speeches, including those for the Sahitya Akademi Award and Neustadt International Prize, and other famous pieces, such as 'The World is Sound', 'The Word', 'Why Do You Write?', 'The West Discovers Sanskrit', 'The English Language and Us', and 'The Story Round, Around Kanthapura', a fascinating, unpublished account of the makings of his famous first novel.