Finding the Raga

An Improvisation on Indian Music

AvAmit Chaudhuri

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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**WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE**'A splendid book.' Literary Review'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of BooksFinding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be. Through essay, memoir and cultural study, Chaudhuri dwells on the music's most distinctive and mysterious characteristics, resulting in a gift of a book for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration. 'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight.' Geoff Dyer'[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.' The New Yorker

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-07
Mått:129 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt:228 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Faber & Faber
ISBN:9780571219117

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Amit Chaudhuri is the author of eight novels, including Sojourn and Friend of My Youth, as well as three books of essays, three books of poems, a collection of short stories and a critical study of D. H. Lawrence's poetry. He has received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Betty Trask Prize, the Encore Prize, the LA Times Book Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award, among other accolades. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia from 2006 until 2021, and he is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Centre for the Creative and the Critical, Ashoka University. He edits literaryactivism.com. He is a vocalist in the North Indian classical tradition and a composer and performer in a celebrated project that brings together different musical traditions. Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music won the James Tait Black Prize in 2022.