A Passage Through India

by Robert Hamburger

Travel Writing. "Soon after I arrived in India, Mr. Mankekar, the man whose house I lived in, teased me with a cautionary 'If a writer visits India for two or three weeks, he writes a book. If he spends a few months here, he writes an article. If he lives here for a year, he writes nothing.'I lived in India for a year and, though my narrative may appear to ignore Mr mankekar's words, I think I've abided by the spirt of his sensible warning. India is overwhelming." ("Foreward"). A good example ot it genre, A PASSAGE THROUGH INDIA is a fascinating record of the author's journey.Robert Hamburger is the author of Our portion of hell, A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE, and TWO THE LIFE OF CHARLES ERSKINE SCOTT WOOD.

182 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Professor at New Jersey City University
1986-1987 and 2002 Fulbright Senior Lecturer to India
1977, 1979, 1990 Writer in Residence at The MacDowell Colony
1989 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
1980 Writer in Residence at The Ossabaw Island Project
1977-78 Fulbright Junior Lecturer to France


Publications are:

Shiraz (XOXOX Press: Gambier, OH, 2006).

A Passage Through India (Spuyten Duyvil: NY, 1998).

Two Rooms: The Life of Charles Erskine Scott Wood (U. of
Nebraska Press, 1998).

All The Lonely People: Life In a Single Room Occupancy Hotel (Ticknor &
Fields: New York, 1983).

A Stranger in the House: Personal Narratives from Black Household
Workers (Macmillan Publishing: New York, 1978).

Our Portion of Hell: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement in
Fayette County, Tennessee (Links Books: NY, 1973).

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

My old college professor and advisor... of course I'm going to give it a good rating. (It actually was an interesting read)