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6
 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.
Mehta provides a splendid, insightful introduction on the craft
of the essay, meditating on the long history and diverse purposes
of the form and on the struggle of learning to write in it himself.
In the eight reportorial, autobiographical, and reflective essays
that follow—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; on the disastrous fates of three of Mehta’s
brilliant Oxford contemporaries; and on a variety of other subjects.
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Excerpted Reviews
"This is a very fine collection of work by an exceptionally
distinguished writer. It stands as a model for admirable, high-level
reportage on culture and intellectual issues and may well become
a classic in advanced college writing courses."
– Stephen Koch, former director, Writing
Division, Columbia University School of the Arts
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