Classic literature is making a comeback to the capital through a unique open air library as India's leading English publisher Penguin India is trying to revive interest in reading classics with a six-day open-air 'Penguin Classics Library' at the amphitheatre Delhi's India Habitat Centre from March 12 to18.
The library is the first of its kind in the capital. It will offer readers an entire range of Penguin classics comprising more than 1,500 books from around the world, down the ages in three imprints - Black, Modern and Puffin.
Readers will also be able to browse, read and discuss their favourite books. To promote interactive participation, the publishing house will also start a 'Blog a Penguin India Classic' at blogapenguinindiaclassic.blogspot.com, where readers and book clubs across the country can blog about their favourite Penguin classics. The library will have makeshift book racks across the amphitheatre and readers can sit on the steps, flanking the amphitheatre - which will be converted to carpeted seats - to read.
The library will unveil its treasure with a jazz concert March 12 and follow it up with exciting events throughout the week.
Rabindranath Tagore's classic Nationalism, a political comment in which the Nobel laureate criticised the nation-state in both east and west and offered his vision of a society independent of it, will be released March 17 at the library.
The library will also have separate section on Indian classics. The publishing house will also host special classic promotion campaigns across Indian cities.
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