Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World

Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
by: Amitava Kumar (Author)
Publisher:Duke University Press Books
Publication Date: 15 May 2015
Language:English
Print Length:240 pages
ISBN-10:0822359111
ISBN-13:9780822359111
Book Description
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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