"I did not go to Nicaragua intending to write a book, or, indeed, to write at all: but my encounter with the place affected me so deeply that in the end I had no choice." So notes Salman Rushdie in his first work of nonfiction, a book as imaginative and meaningful as his acclaimed novels. In _The Ja
A South Indian Journey: The Smile of Murugan
β Scribed by Wood, Michael
- Book ID
- 109333391
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141935270
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Inspired by a temple astrologer (who had accurately predicted his marriage and the birth of his two daughters), the writer and broadcaster Michael Wood travelled on a magical journey through south-east India.
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