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Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language
Dreaming in Hindi Coming Awake in Another Language
Author: Katherine Russell Rich
Having miraculously survived a serious illness and now at an impasse in her career as a magazine editor, Katherine Russell Rich spontaneously accepted a freelance writing assignment to go to India, where she found herself thunderstruck by the culture and the language. — In this inspirational memoir, Rich documents her experiences, using Hindi as ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780547336930
ISBN-10: 0547336934
Publication Date: 6/10/2010
Pages: 384
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2.7 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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oolalatte avatar reviewed Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language on + 13 more book reviews
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I really wanted to like this book but there was too much information about language that I personally did not have any interest in which took away from the rest of the story. I give her credit in that this was a different travel memoir than most because it discussed all this language stuff but I kind of like the typical travel memoir describing a person's experience in a new place. I just did not get enough of that in this book and wanted more stories and descriptions of India. She did have some great stories but I would have preferred if they were in more depth rather than going off on a tangent about language. If you are interested in the nuances of language, you would probably enjoy this book. I did enjoy the historical and political information in the book, especially about the Muslim-Hinduism relationship. I visited this region of India and was not at all aware of the tensions between these groups, so this was an eye-opener for me.
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