Literary Occasions: Essays [1st Vintage books ed] 978-0-307-55746-9, 0307557464, 9781400031306

Table of contents :
Content: Reading and writing, a personal account --
East Indian --
Jasmine --
Prologue to an autobiography --
Foreword to The adventures of Gurudeva --
Foreword to A house for Mr. Biswas --
Indian autobiographies --
The last of the Aryans --
Theatrical natives --
Conrad's darkness and mine --
Two worlds.

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