Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World by Kumar, Amitava

Lunch with a Bigot: The Writer in the World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822359302)

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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World by Kumar, Amitava

Lunch with a Bigot: The Writer in the World

$26.95
Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World by Kumar, Amitava

Lunch with a Bigot: The Writer in the World

$26.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Amitava Kumar
ISBN-10: 0822359308
ISBN-13: 9780822359302
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2015
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
Shelf Awareness 06/05/2015
Choice 01/01/2016
By Amitava Kumar
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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.

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