M.K. Gandhi, An Autobiography. Or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Häftad bok. Navajivan Publishing House. 1987. 420 sidor.

Gott skick. Gandhis egen biografi, inköpt vid Gandhi Book Centre i Bombay 1987. Bokhandelns stämpel finns i boken, som har hög grad av autenticitet.
Publicerades första gången 1927 och 1929 i två delar. Översattes 1940 till engelska av Mahadev Desai och det är den översättningen som finns i denna bok.
"The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. Starting with his birth and parentage, Gandhi has given reminiscences of childhood, child marriage, relation with his wife and parents, experiences at the school, his study tour to London, efforts to be like the English gentleman, experiments in dietetics, his going to South Africa, his experiences of colour prejudice, his quest for dharma, social work in Africa, return to India, his slow and steady work for political awakening and social activities. The book ends abruptly after a discussion of the Nagpur session of the Congress in 1915. "