Finding the Raga

Review Delightful and insightful. -- Oliver Craske ― Guardian Finding the Raga, delightfully instructive throughout, will make you want to listen to Indian classical music anew and with ears beatifically attuned. -- Ian Thomson ― Spectator Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight, Finding the Raga immerses us in the rigorous beauty and cosmology of Indian classical music. -- Geoff Dyer Many subtly subversive ideas, all the more striking for being woven unobtrusively into something so apparently gentle and personal ... fascinating and beautifully written. -- Ivan Hewett ― Prospect A splendid book. -- Keshav Guha ― Literary Review Compelling . thought-provoking. -- Simon Broughton ― Songlines Product Description **WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE** 'A splendid book.' Literary Review 'A modern masterpiece.' New York Journal of Books Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's revelatory exploration of North Indian classical music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practises will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be. Through essay, memoir and cultural study, Chaudhuri dwells on the music's most distinctive and mysterious characteristics, resulting in a gift of a book for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration. 'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight.' Geoff Dyer '[A] compelling meditation on Indian and Western art-making.' The New Yorker Book Description A revelatory and very personal exploration of Indian classical music from 'one of his generation's best writers' (Guardian). About the Author Amit Chaudhuri is the acclaimed author of six novels, including Odysseus Abroad and A Strange and Sublime Address, and two books of essays. He has been awarded the Commonwealth Literature Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Encore Award, the LA Times Book Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award, among other accolades. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the English Association, and was a judge of the Man Booker International Prize. Currently he is Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia.