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Author Lewis, Julie, 1925-

Title Mary Martin, a double life : Australia--India, 1915-1973 / Julie Lewis
Published St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA by International Specialized Book Services, 1997

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Description xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-284) and index
Summary Mary Martin is best known for the bookshops that still bear her name. In postwar Adelaide, at a time when modernism was beginning to influence Australian art and literature, her bookshop became a gathering place for intellectuals and radicals attracted by her unconventional views, her warm manner and her freshly brewed coffee. In the 1960s Mary Martin began a new life in India, determined to encourage an intellectual and artistic awareness between Eastern and Western cultures. She worked with the charismatic Dr. Narasimhan among the tribespeople of the Nilgiri Hills while supporting herself and her staff through her international bookselling operation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-284) and index
Subject Harris, Max, 1921-1995.
Martin, Mary, 1915-1973.
Book clubs (Bookselling) -- India -- Biography.
Book clubs (Bookselling) -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Australia -- Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Australia -- South Australia -- Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling -- India -- Biography.
Community health aides -- India -- Biography.
Volunteer workers in medical care -- India -- NÄ«lgiri (District) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author Martin, Mary, 1915-1973.
LC no. 98146131
ISBN 0702227250