Title: Great soul
Description: <p>Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld, the former executive editor of <em>The New York Times</em>, will visit us to discuss his acclaimed new book, <em>Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India</em>. This stirring book deepens our sense of Gandhi&rsquo;s accomplishments and disappointments while examining the man as one of history&rsquo;s most remarkable self-creations who oversaw a profound social and political transformation in India. It is, says one critic, &rdquo;that rare book that says something new about one of the most familiar figures of modern times.&rdquo; Lelyveld&rsquo;s interest in Gandhi dates back to his tours in India and South African as a correspondent for the <em>Times</em>, where he worked for nearly four dexades. His book about apartheid, <em>Move Your Shadow: South African Black and White</em> won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.</p>
Subjects: Politics and government, Nationalists, Biography, Statesmen, Politiker, Unabhangigkeitsbewegung, Biografi, Nationalism, History, Gandhi, mahatma, 1869-1948, Statesmen, biography, Statesmen, india, India, politics and government, 1765-1947, South africa, politics and government, South africa, history
Places: India, South Africa
People: Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948)
Time periods: 1836-1909, 1919-1947