Gwalia in Khasia
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Author | Nigel Jenkins |
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Country | Wales |
Language | English |
Published | 1995 |
Publisher | Gomer |
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Pages | 342 |
ISBN | 9781859021842 |
Gwalia in Khasia is a 1995 travelogue by Welsh author Nigel Jenkins. Published by Gomer, it won the Wales Book of the Year in 1996.[1]
Synopsis[]
Gwalia in Khasia tells the story of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Mission to the Khasi Hills in north-east India between 1841–1969.
Reception[]
In 1996, Gwalia in Khasia won the Wales Book of the Year award. In the obituary for Jenkins published in The Independent in 2014, Meic Stephens noted that the book: "was compared by competent critics to the work of such travel-writers as Jan Morris and Paul Theroux."[1]
Khasia in Gwalia[]
Jenkins also edited an accompanying anthology of poetry and prose from the Khasi Hills, entitled Khasia in Gwalia.
References[]
Categories:
- 1995 non-fiction books
- British travel books
- Welsh non-fiction books
- Books about India