Farthest Field

Name: Farthest Field
Author: Raghu Karnad

by Raghu Karnad

It is an exquisitely written memoir of the wartime lives of the young Indian journalist's grandfather and two great-uncles, and is so heart-stoppingly beautiful I want all around to read it too.

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Simon Winchester

"It is an exquisitely written memoir of the wartime lives of the young Indian journalist's grandfather and two great-uncles, and is so heart-stoppingly beautiful I want all around to read it too."

By the Book: Simon Winchester · nytimes.com