Raw Umber (memoir)

Raw Umber

Author	Sara Rai
Language	English
Publisher	Context
Publication date	2023
Publication place	India
Pages	240
ISBN	9789395767514

Raw Umber is an Indian memoir written by Sara Rai. It was published by Context on 30 January 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

The Hindu wrote in a review "Narrated through essays, Rai’s luminiscent touch is evident from the first one, ‘Palimpsest’, in which the boundary between memory and imagination blurs as she goes around her family home in Allahabad." ^[5]

The Vogue (magazine) wrote in a review "The essays in Raw Umber are, in some ways, a document of Rai’s family—the large political events that tided over the mundane everydayness of life in early 20th-century Allahabad." ^[6]

The Moneycontrol wrote in a review "Rai writes beautifully about her multicultural roots, sharing anecdotes and practices that may escape the increasingly polarising India of today". ^[7]

References

1. "Exploring the Complex Inner Lives of a Family With Its Own Complex Mix of Cutures". The Wire. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
2. "Ghosts of writers past: A memoir offering delicious musings and slices of life". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
3. "Sara Rai's memoir | Family saga". India Today. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
4. "Excerpt: Raw Umber: A Memoir by Sara Rai". Hindustan Times. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
5. Datta, Sudipta (2023-03-24). "Review of Sara Rai's Raw Umber — A Memoir: Remembrance of a lost world". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2023-03-31.
6. "Sara Rai's memoir 'Raw Umber' deconstructs the act of remembering". Vogue India. 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
7. "Book review: 'Raw Umber' by Sara Rai is a reflective, piercing personal account". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2023-03-31.