The Sacred Wordsmith: Writing and the Word (Penguin Modern Classics)
The Sacred Wordsmith: Writing and the Word (Penguin Modern Classics) by Raja Rao
English | February 1, 2023 | ISBN: 0143448625 | True EPUB | 232 pages | 1.7 MB
English | February 1, 2023 | ISBN: 0143448625 | True EPUB | 232 pages | 1.7 MB
The Sacred Wordsmith compiles the best of Raja Rao's writings, including his autobiographical Prefaces and Introductions. The volume puts together several of his noted acceptance speeches, including those for the Sahitya Akademi Award and Neustadt International Prize, and other famous pieces, such as 'The World is Sound', 'The Word', 'Why Do You Write?', 'The West Discovers Sanskrit', 'The English Language and Us', and 'The Story Round, Around Kanthapura', a fascinating, unpublished account of the makings of his famous first novel.