Temptations of the West : how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond / Pankaj Mishra
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages; 323 p. ; 24 cm. Essays first appearing in slightly different forms in The New York Review of Books, Granta, The New York Times Magazine, and the Guardian Weekend Magazine. Contents: Benares : learning to read -- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy -- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism -- Bollywood : India shining -- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism -- Pakistan : jihad globalized -- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords -- Nepal : the "People's war" -- Tibet : a backward country. Subjects: Mishra, Pankaj - Travel - South Asia. South Asia - Description and travel. South Asia - Civilization - Western influences. Item #226064
ISBN: 0374173214
Price: €9.95