A Ved Mehta Reader: The Craft of the Essay

by Ved Mehta

Book Overview

Unsurpassed as a prose stylist, Ved Mehta is an acknowledged master of the essay form. In this book--the first special collection of Mehta s outstanding writings--the distinguished author demonstrates a wide range of possibilities available to the narrative and descriptive writer today. Addressing subjects that range from religion to politics and on to education, and writing with eloquence and high style, Mehta here offers a sampling of his works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300075618
• ISBN13: 9780300075618
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

elegant writing, pleasurable reading

This primer reconfirms that few writers have crafted more reflective, personal essays than Mehta has over the years and fewer still offer readers from the West his incredible perspective on the wonders of India...and love. This is a writer who hasn't received nearly the acclaim that he deserves.