9780954352066 - The Red Letters: My Father's Enchanted Period di Mehta, Ved (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st UK Edition.

Hardback. Condizione: New. When, as a boy, Mehta finds his father weeping uncontrollably on his mother's shoulder during a New York dinner party, he begins to unravel a family mystery that takes him on a painful and revealing voyage into his father's past in the exotic, closed world of British India.

First Edition. `Should he, as my father, have been telling any of this to me? Was it right for me, as his son, to be receiving his confidences on such an intimate matter? ' A work of extraordinary intensity and candour, The Red Letters is the poignant story of Ved Mehta's discovery of his father's love affair with a married woman in the 1930s. As he begins his quest to unravel a family mystery, Ved Mehta is forced to confront his father's clandestine relationship with the enchanting Rasil. Ved's father first meets Rasil, a shepherd girl from the Punjab hills, in his youth. Their affair begins fifteen years later when their paths cross again Rasil is now a Lahore socialite, trapped in an abusive marriage to a rich businessman. Their passion is kept alive by the exchange of love letters the Red Letters that Mehta's father treasures for the remainder of his life. Ved Mehta's voyage into his father's past is both revealing and painful, as the son finds out that his father's affair, a brief episode in a loving marriage of sixty-one years, had a devastating effect on his mother a close friend of Rasil's as well as on his own life. An exquisitely written story that unveils universal truths through its compelling reconstruction of the author's family history, The Red Letters is the eleventh and final book in Ved Mehta's acclaimed Continents of Exile autobiographical series. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 190 pages; Physical desc. : x, 190 p. : ill. Series: Continents of exile. Subjects: Authors, India --20th century --Biography --Maine --Intellectual life --20th century 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Same / next day dispatch (Monday - Friday),

First Edition. `Should he, as my father, have been telling any of this to me? Was it right for me, as his son, to be receiving his confidences on such an intimate matter? ' A work of extraordinary intensity and candour, The Red Letters is the poignant story of Ved Mehta's discovery of his father's love affair with a married woman in the 1930s. As he begins his quest to unravel a family mystery, Ved Mehta is forced to confront his father's clandestine relationship with the enchanting Rasil. Ved's father first meets Rasil, a shepherd girl from the Punjab hills, in his youth. Their affair begins fifteen years later when their paths cross again Rasil is now a Lahore socialite, trapped in an abusive marriage to a rich businessman. Their passion is kept alive by the exchange of love letters the Red Letters that Mehta's father treasures for the remainder of his life. Ved Mehta's voyage into his father's past is both revealing and painful, as the son finds out that his father's affair, a brief episode in a loving marriage of sixty-one years, had a devastating effect on his mother a close friend of Rasil's as well as on his own life. An exquisitely written story that unveils universal truths through its compelling reconstruction of the author's family history, The Red Letters is the eleventh and final book in Ved Mehta's acclaimed Continents of Exile autobiographical series. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 190 pages; Physical desc. : x, 190 p. : ill. Series: Continents of exile. Subjects: Authors, India --20th century --Biography --Maine --Intellectual life --20th century 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition. 190pp. Unopened, unclipped. Mint. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing. fine hardback in near fien dustwrapper.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 208 pages. The story has its origins in the sixties, when Mehta by chance finds his fath er weeping uncontrollably on his mother?s shoulder during a New York dinner pa rty. As a result, the son begins to unravel a family mystery that takes him on a.

Condizione: Very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good PLUS. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. HARDBACK IN JACKET. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 62:18.