Lunch With a Bigot

The Writer in the World

Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, India, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: Amitava Kumar ISBN: 9780822375395
Publisher: Duke University Press Publication: May 29, 2015
Imprint: Duke University Press Books Language: English
Author: Amitava Kumar
ISBN: 9780822375395
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication: May 29, 2015
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Language: English

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.

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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.

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