RAO, Raja. Kanthapura
RAO, Raja. Kanthapura. New York: New Directions. 1963. 8vo. First US edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in yellow to the spine, in the fragile dust jacket. An attractive copy overall, the cloth clean, bright, and a trifle bumped to corners. The binding tight and square, the contents fine throughout without inscriptions or stamps. The dust jacket complete, unclipped ($4.75) with a couple of tiny nicks to the spine, the yellow spine just marginally faded. Uncommon, especially in such condition.
The author’s most famous work and a crucial novel to come out of India, originally published in the UK in 1938. The novel follows a young Indian man living in a traditional South Indian village. Starting to understand the importance of traditional customs and mythology, and influenced by Gandhi among others, he rejects British influence on his country and vows to take non-violent action against colonialism and towards independence, which is met, of course, with violence and imprisonment. It became one of the first successful Indian novels in English, and remains one of the most important.
RAO, Raja. Kanthapura. New York: New Directions. 1963. 8vo. First US edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in yellow to the spine, in the fragile dust jacket. An attractive copy overall, the cloth clean, bright, and a trifle bumped to corners. The binding tight and square, the contents fine throughout without inscriptions or stamps. The dust jacket complete, unclipped ($4.75) with a couple of tiny nicks to the spine, the yellow spine just marginally faded. Uncommon, especially in such condition.
The author’s most famous work and a crucial novel to come out of India, originally published in the UK in 1938. The novel follows a young Indian man living in a traditional South Indian village. Starting to understand the importance of traditional customs and mythology, and influenced by Gandhi among others, he rejects British influence on his country and vows to take non-violent action against colonialism and towards independence, which is met, of course, with violence and imprisonment. It became one of the first successful Indian novels in English, and remains one of the most important.
RAO, Raja. Kanthapura. New York: New Directions. 1963. 8vo. First US edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in yellow to the spine, in the fragile dust jacket. An attractive copy overall, the cloth clean, bright, and a trifle bumped to corners. The binding tight and square, the contents fine throughout without inscriptions or stamps. The dust jacket complete, unclipped ($4.75) with a couple of tiny nicks to the spine, the yellow spine just marginally faded. Uncommon, especially in such condition.
The author’s most famous work and a crucial novel to come out of India, originally published in the UK in 1938. The novel follows a young Indian man living in a traditional South Indian village. Starting to understand the importance of traditional customs and mythology, and influenced by Gandhi among others, he rejects British influence on his country and vows to take non-violent action against colonialism and towards independence, which is met, of course, with violence and imprisonment. It became one of the first successful Indian novels in English, and remains one of the most important.