Age of Anger: A History of the Present - Couverture rigide

Mishra, Pankaj

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374274789 ISBN 13 : 9780374274788

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2017

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Pankaj Mishra ( ) is a noted Indian essayist and novelist. In 1992, Mishra moved to Mashobra, a Himalayan village, where he began to contribute literary essays and reviews to The Indian Review of Books, The India Magazine, and the newspaper The Pioneer. His first book, Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India (1995), was a travelogue that described the social and cultural changes in India in the context of globalization. His novel The Romantics (2000), an ironic tale of people longing for fulfillment in cultures other than their own, was published in 11 European languages and won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum award for first fiction. His book An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (2004) mixes memoir, history, and philosophy while attempting to explore the Buddha's relevance to contemporary times. Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond (2006), describes Mishra's travels through Kashmir, Bollywood, Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, and other parts of South and Central Asia.Pankaj Mishra ( ) is a noted Indian essayist and novelist. In 1992, Mishra moved to Mashobra, a Himalayan village, where he began to contribute literary essays and reviews to The Indian Review of Books, The India Magazine, and the newspaper The Pioneer. His first book, Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India (1995), was a travelogue that described the social and cultural changes in India in the context of globalization. His novel The Romantics (2000), an ironic tale of people longing for fulfillment in cultures other than their own, was published in 11 European languages and won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum award for first fiction. His book An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (2004) mixes memoir, history, and philosophy while attempting to explore the Buddha's relevance to contemporary times. Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond (2006), describes Mishra's travels through Kashmir, Bollywood, Afghanistan, Tibet, Nepal, and other parts of South and Central Asia.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Pankaj Mishra explains that the rages tearing up so many parts of the world have their roots firmly in the West - without understanding the West's own dysfunction we cannot make sense of groups such as ISIS. He ties together many issues which are generally treated separately - from mass shootings in the US to the rise of a new anti-Semitism in Europe to the violence of ISIS.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374274789
• ISBN 13: 9780374274788
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 406
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