Title: A Place Within
Subtitle: Rediscovering India
First published: 2008
Description: From inside front cover: Part travelogue and description, part history and meditation, and above all a quest for a lost homeland, *A Place Within* begins with diary entries from Vassanji's very first wide-eyed trip to India in 1993, then moves on to accounts from his subsequent and obsessive revisits. An intimate chronicle filled with fantastic stories and unforgettable characters, [it] is rich with images of bustling city streets and contrasting Indian landscapes, from the southern tip of India to the Himalayan foothills, from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea. Here, too, are the amazing histories of Delhi, Shimla, Gujarat, and Kerala, and of Vassanji's own family, members of an ancient sect that draws on both Hunduism and Islam.
Subjects: Autobiography, Description and Travel, History, Khojas, Muslims in India, Travel, Voyages, Histoire, Families, Description and travel, Family, Biographies, Descriptions et voyages, Ecrivains canadiens-anglais, Authors, Canadian (English), Famille, Biography, Authors, canadian, Authors, biography, India, description and travel, India, history, Écrivains canadiens-anglais, Authors, Canadian (English) / Biography / 20th century, Écrivains canadiens-anglais / Biographies / 20e siècle
Places: Delhi (India), Gujarat (India), India, Kerala (India), Simla (India)
People: M. G. Vassanji
Time periods: 1993-2005
LC classification: G155.I4 V37 2008