Lunch With a Bigot
The Writer in the World
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 p…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8223-5930-2
- EAN: 9780822359302
- Produktnummer: 16739042
- Verlag: Duke University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 354 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 354
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