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Classical in form, contemplative, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 516
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics, The New York Review of Books, Addison-Wesley
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780520331372
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First sentence
“KISHORGANJ, my birthplace, I have called a country town, but this description, I am afraid, will call up wholly wrong associations.”
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