Guards at the Taj
Published on 7. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-78682-143-0 (ISBN)
Description
It's 1648. Agra, India. Imperial guards keep watch as the final touches are put to the mighty Taj Mahal behind them. The emperor has decreed that no one shall turn to look at the building until it is complete. Now, as the building nears completion and the first light catches on the pure white domes behind them, the temptation to steal a glance at the most beautiful monument the world has ever seen grows stronger.
Guards at the Taj takes as its starting point an enduring legend and prompts contemporary audiences to revisit questions about art and privilege.
Guards at the Taj takes as its starting point an enduring legend and prompts contemporary audiences to revisit questions about art and privilege.
Reviews / Votes
Raises potent questions about the human price paid throughout historyfor the caprices of the mighty * The New York Times *
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
120 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78682-143-0 (9781786821430)
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Rajiv Joseph
Guards at the Taj
E-Book
04/2017
1st Edition
Oberon Books Ltd
€12.99
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Person
Rajiv Joseph received his BA in Creative Writing from Miami University and his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal. His Broadway play, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama, and also awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the National Endowment for the Arts.