Essential Ved MehtaThe (PB)

This definitive collection of Ved Mehtas work contains excerpts from nearly all his writings many of which first appeared in theNew Yorker. It begins with his first book the classic autobiography highlighting his blindnessFace to Face and features his iconic books about India and his family sagaContinents of Exile. Each entry comes with a reflection by Mehta. Authoritative and illuminating the book is not just an introduction to this seminal author but also a passionate record of a writer looking back upon his own work. About the Author Ved Mehta is a journalist novelist and one of the most prolific memoirists of the twentieth century. Blind since the age of four Mehta spent his early years in India before first moving to America where he studied at Harvard and then to Britain where he studied at Oxford. A MacArthur Prize fellow and member of the British Royal Society of Literature he was a staff writer at theNew Yorker magazine for over thirty years. His 27 books include the acclaimed multi-volume memoirContinents of Exile.