{"product_id":"the-essential-ved-mehta-9780143423553","title":"The Essential Ved Mehta","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ved Mehta\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis definitive collection of Ved Mehta’s work contains excerpts fromnearly all his writings, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker.It begins with his first book, the classic autobiography highlighting hisblindness, Face to Face, and features his iconic books about India andhis family saga, Continents of Exile. Each entry comes with a reflection byMehta. Authoritative and illuminating, the book is not just an introductionto this seminal author but also a passionate record of a writer looking backupon his own work. About the AuthorVed Mehta is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books of fiction andnon-fiction. He was born in 1934 in Lahore and educated largely in theUSA. A staff writer on the New Yorker from 1960 to 1993, he has wonmany awards and is a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and the RoyalSociety of Literature. Mehta lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46296444534935,"sku":"9780143423553","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143423553.webp?v=1769304757","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-essential-ved-mehta-9780143423553","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}