{"product_id":"the-tale-of-the-talking-k-g-subramanyan-9780857420053","title":"The Tale of the Talking Face","description":"\u003cp\u003en \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Talking Face\u003c\/i\u003e, eminent Indian artist K. G. Subramanyan offers a stinging parable of democracy gone wrong by narrating and illustrating the story of a princess whose autocratic rule brought nothing but suffering to her people, despite her ambition of progress for her country. A thinly veiled satire on the political drama of 1970s' India, \u003ci\u003eThe Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof the Talking Face \u003c\/i\u003eis a universal record of the ever-deepening crisis of democracy and the threat of totalitarianism. \"[Subramanyan's] art is radical in content, open in its approach to style and aesthetic ideas, meeting the proponents of style and craftsmen as equal and reflecting a high standard of artistic skills of different kinds. Cowed down neither by the figurative and non-figurative debate, nor loyalty to a school, which would restrain his originality, he is the quintessential Indian contemporary artist.\"--Suneet Chopra, \u003ci\u003eFrontline\u003c\/i\u003e \"[Subramanyan has] come to be identified with the play of wit and satire, and with a phantasmagoric theatre of surfaces.\"--Nancy Adajania, \u003ci\u003eHindu\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. G. Subramanyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857420054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857420053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 11.20w x 0.50d","brand":"K. G. Subramanyan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48441370706175,"sku":"9780857420053","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d25c67a-39d0-4584-b241-50ece878017b.jpg?v=1777190458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tale-of-the-talking-k-g-subramanyan-9780857420053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}