Finding India Michael Farthing

Name: Finding India By Michael Farthing
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Summary

A British doctor's experiences and reflections on independent, post-colonial India over 50 years and the nation's continuing influence on contemporary British life and culture.

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Finding India: A Fifty Year Magical, Medical Odyssey by Michael Farthing

* A personal story of India spanning half a century which focuses on people not places * Provides new intimate insights into Britain's most popular post-colonial world power * Explores the Anglo-Indian literature and other creative arts that India has inspired * Reveals personal experiences of colonialism, poverty, caste and Orientalism * Attempts to understand the present by gazing back in time through the eyes of an amateur

About Michael Farthing

Michael Farthing trained as a physician in the UK and USA. As a clinical academic he became engaged in the health issues of the resource-poor countries of the world, working in India, Central America and sub-Saharan Africa. Although he has written many scientific papers and co-authored and edited more than 20 medical books, this is one of his first ventures outside science and medicine. In addition to Finding India, he has written Leonardo da Vinci: Under the Skin with his brother Stephen Farthing RA, published in 2019 by the Royal Academy. He is an Honorary Professor at UCL, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sussex and lives between London and Sussex. He is Chair of the Charleston Trust, the Brighton West Pier Trust and the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund.

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Sku

GOR010206392

ISBN 13

9781912690473

ISBN 10

1912690470

Title

Finding India: A Fifty Year Magical, Medical Odyssey by Michael Farthing

Author

Michael Farthing

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Unicorn Publishing Group

Year published

2019-10-30

Number of pages

320

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins