| Hindoo Holiday Contributor(s): Ackerley, J. R. (Author), Weinberger, Eliot (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322250 ISBN-13: 9780940322257 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. "Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Asia - India & South Asia - Travel | Special Interest - Literary |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99034710 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.01" W x 8.05" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature. |