Edge of Faith by William Dalrymple - 2009

Seagull Books, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. New. Located on the West Coast of India along the Arabian Sea, Goa was liberated in 1961, after 450 years of Portuguese Rule. The ambivalence created by this transition of culture and political loyalty provides the backdrop for the work of Indian photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta in Edge of Faith. The 79 black-and-white photographs create an intimate and deeply personal portrait of a gentle and generous people, torn between their fidelity to a history of Portuguese faith and culture and their post-Independence Indian identity. Acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple provides an accompanying text that explores both the history of Goa’s Catholic past and its struggle to deal with its multicultural, multireligious present. Edge of Faith captures Catholic Goa in a haunting but beautiful impasse—caught in a time warp between comforting nostalgia and a doubt-ridden, insecure future. Printed Pages: 140.