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041			_aeng
080			_a82.09 _bSAR
100			_aSarna, Navtej
245			_aSecond Thoughts _bOn Books, Authors and the Writerly Life
260			_bHarperCollins India _c2018 _aGurugram
300			_axix, 290p
500			_aFrom 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
650			_aLiterary Criticism
690			_aGeneral
942			_cBK
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