By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, ‘Finding the Raga’ is Amit Chaudhuri’s singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practices will alter the reader’s notion of what music might – and can – be. Tracing the music’s development, the book dwells on its most distinctive and mysterious characteristics: its extraordinary approach to time, language and silence; its embrace of confoundment, and its ethos of evocation over representation.

Author Amit Chaudhuri Published by Faber & Faber ISBN 9780571219100 EAN 9780571219100 Bic Code Cover Hardback