An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

M.K. Gandhi,Sunil Khilnani,Mahadev Desai,Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,Mahatma Gandhi

ISBN 10: 0141186860 / ISBN 13: 9780141186863

Published by Penguin Classics 06/09/2001, 2001

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Title: An Autobiography: The Story of My ...

Publisher: Penguin Classics 06/09/2001

Publication Date: 2001

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.

Review:

"Here is an autobiography more captivating than fiction and more stimulating than romantic adventure. It is the most revealing study of the human soul that I have ever read."
--The Christian Century

"An absorbing book that stands alone in frankness and plain honesty...Its place among the classics of autobiography cannot be in doubt."
--The New Statesman

"An amazingly frank self-revelation of the greatest and humblest modern man."
--The Annals

"It is...only by reading the whole long and detailed day-by-day record that readers can sense the magic of Gandhi's being and discover him fully."
--Saturday Review

"(Gandhi's) autobiography remains invaluable for its account of the shaping of a new path to collective resistance to injustice."
--From the foreword by Sissela Bok