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The Commonwealth Of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair With The Most Subtle And Sophisticated Game Known To Humankind
by Ramachandra Guha
- Paperback – 2 December 2020
- RRP $34.99
- Condition: New, never read with remainder mark on side of book and minor shelf wear as shown in photos.
From one of India’s finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.
As a fan, player, writer, scholar, controversialist and administrator, Ram Guha has spent a life with cricket.
In this book, Guha offers both a brilliantly charming memoir and a charter of the life of cricket in India.
He traces the game across every level at which it is played: school, college, club, state and country. He offers vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons and international stars.
Following the narrative of his life intertwined and in love with the sport, Guha captures the magic of bat and ball that has ensnared billions.
About the Author
Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and economist whose research interests include environmental, social, economics, political, contemporary and cricket history. He is also a columnist for The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and Hindi Daily Newspaper Amar Ujala.
Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History. In 2008, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines nominated Guha as one of the world's one hundred most influential intellectuals. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for services to literature and education. In 2015, he was awarded the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian culture and scholarship.
Product details
- Publisher : HarperCollins GB (2 December 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0008422516
- ISBN-13 : 9780008422516
- Dimensions : 15.3 x 2.1 x 23.4 cm