Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World - Couverture souple

Kumar, Amitava

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822359308 ISBN 13 : 9780822359302

Editeur : Duke University Press, 2015

Synopsis

To be a writer, Amitava Kumar says, is to be an observer. The twenty-six essays in Lunch with a Bigot are Kumar's observations of the world put into words. A mix of memoir, reportage, and criticism, the essays include encounters with writers Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy, discussions on the craft of writing, and a portrait of the struggles of a Bollywood actor. The title essay is Kumar's account of his visit to a member of an ultra-right Hindu organization who put him on a hit-list. In these and other essays, Kumar tells a broader story of immigration, change, and a shift to a more globalized existence, all the while demonstrating how he practices being a writer in the world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, and Nobody Does the Right Thing, all also published by Duke University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822359308
• ISBN 13: 9780822359302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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