Ritwik Ghatak: A Return to the Epic

Bombay, India: Screen Unit. Good. 1982. First Edition. Softcover. [considerable edgewear to covers, especially along the spine, with heavy external scuffing/rubbing, one-time owner's name written in ink at top corner of the half-title page]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) "This book, the first extended criticism of Ghatak's work in English, examines it within the modern Indian tradition." Ghatak, who died in 1976 at the age of 50, was an influential Indian film director, teacher, and film theorist whose reputation has grown steadily since his death. . (Inventory #: 29324)