The twice-born : life and death on the Ganges

The twice-born : life and death on the Ganges / Aatish Taseer.

Author/creator	Taseer, Aatish, 1980- author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Description	242 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Taseer, Aatish, 1980---Travel --India. Brahmans--India --Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) --Social conditions. Brahmans--India --Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) --Social life and customs. Caste--India. Culture conflict--India. Social change--India. Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Social conditions. India--Social conditions --1947- India. India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Contents	Foreigners in their own land -- Summer. The color-filled eleventh -- The hour of juncture -- The rape and the seduction -- The conqueror of destiny -- The modern traditionalist -- Winter. The revolutionary Brahmin -- The community of death -- The isle of rough magic -- The dharma of place -- The protection of the seed.
Abstract	"A portrait of the collision between tradition and modernity in India, as told through the lives of the Brahmins in the holy city of Benares"-- Provided by publisher.
LCCN	2018033297
ISBN	9780374279608 (hardcover)
ISBN	0374279608 (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS432 .B73 T37 2019	✔ Available	Place Hold