Lunch With a Bigot
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-5930-2 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Author's Note xi
Part I. Reading
1. Paper 3
2. My Hanif Kureishi Life 14
3. The Map of My Village 29
4. The Poetry of Gujarat Riots 32
5. Conversation with Arundhati Roy 37
6. Salman Rushdie and Me 51
7. Bad News 58
Part II. Writing
8. How to Write a Novel 79
9. Reading Like a Writer 84
10. Writing My Own Satya 97
11. Dead Bastards 106
12. The Writer as a Father 110
13. Ten Rules of Writing 119
Part III. Places
14. Mofussil Junction 127
15. A Collaboration in Kashmir 132
16. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 141
17. Hotel Leeward 146
18. The Mines of Jadugoda 151
19. Upon Arrival in the Past 155
20. Bookstores of New York 162
Part IV. People
21. Lunch with a Bigot 169
22. The Boxer on the Flight 183
23. Amartya's Birth 187
24. The Taxi Drivers of New York 192
25. On Being Brown in America 196
26. Missing Person 201
Index 213
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.2015 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | North Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 331 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indien | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8223-5930-8 / 0822359308 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-5930-2 / 9780822359302 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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