{"product_id":"india-a-portrait-paperback-2","title":"India: A Portrait - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick French\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental biography of the Indian subcontinent from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSecond only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one of the most momentous transformations the world has ever seen. In this dazzlingly panoramic book, Patrick French chronicles that epic change, telling human stories to explain a larger national narrative. With a familiarity and insight few Westerners could approach, he provides a vital corrective to the many outdated notions about a uniquely dynamic and consequential nation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick French\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England in 1966 and studied literature at Edinburgh University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYounghusband\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLiberty or Death\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTibet, Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe World Is What It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize. French is the winner of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year Award, the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award. He died in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.22 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291097907449,"sku":"9780307473486","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/JoKNOYq5t19780307473486_c262d829-2189-451f-974c-ceaf2e4f3b5a.webp?v=1769156114","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/india-a-portrait-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}