TY - GEN AU - Sarna, Navtej TI - Second Thoughts: On Books, Authors and the Writerly Life SN - 9789353024048 (PB) PY - 2018/// CY - Gurugram PB - HarperCollins India KW - Literary Criticism N1 - From the rose gardens of Shiraz to the snow-powdered hillside above Kabul, from the water and stone mirages of St Petersburg to gritty Mumbai, the evocative essays in this collection combine travel and literature using a charming mix of the personal impression and incisive literary criticism. Written over seven years for the Hindu Literary Review from the cocoon of a book-lined study, digging into forgotten second-hand bookshops, trekking the Himalayan hills or searching out far-flung literary sites around the globe, Navtej Sarna never veers far from the essential focus of these essays: the love of books and the men who write them ER -