East of Home
Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, Far East, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Santha Rama Rau | ISBN: | 1230000193507 |
| Publisher: | Plunkett Lake Press | Publication: | October 31, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Santha Rama Rau |
| ISBN: | 1230000193507 |
| Publisher: | Plunkett Lake Press |
| Publication: | October 31, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
East of Home by Santha Rama Rau (108,000 words)
In 1947, Santha Rama Rau went to Japan with her father, India’s ambassador to Tokyo. A year later, she went to China with friends, hitchhiked to remote provinces of the northwest, and traveled through Indo-China and Siam to Indonesia to live for several months in a Balinese village. East of Home is the report of a fascinating trip, full of information about the people of Asia, their customs, theater and dance. It also shows how a young Indian woman, educated in the West, encounters Asia for the first time and discovers herself as an Asian.
“An informal and pleasantly engaging book about [Santha Rama Rau’s] travels in the Far East... personal, colored by her acute consciousness of being an Asian among Asians.” — ***The New York Times***
East of Home by Santha Rama Rau (108,000 words)
In 1947, Santha Rama Rau went to Japan with her father, India’s ambassador to Tokyo. A year later, she went to China with friends, hitchhiked to remote provinces of the northwest, and traveled through Indo-China and Siam to Indonesia to live for several months in a Balinese village. East of Home is the report of a fascinating trip, full of information about the people of Asia, their customs, theater and dance. It also shows how a young Indian woman, educated in the West, encounters Asia for the first time and discovers herself as an Asian.
“An informal and pleasantly engaging book about [Santha Rama Rau’s] travels in the Far East... personal, colored by her acute consciousness of being an Asian among Asians.” — ***The New York Times***
