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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Lutyens
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 325
- Publisher
- J. Murray, Shambhala Publications, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374182229
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“Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on May 11, 1895, in the small hill-town of Madanapalle about a hundred and fifty miles north of Madras.”
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