Lunch With a Bigot

Lunch With a Bigot

The Writer in the World

  • Auteur: Kumar, Amitava
  • Éditeur: Duke University Press
  • ISBN: 9780822359111
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780822375395
  • Lieu de publication:  Durham , United States
  • Année de publication électronique: 2015
  • Mois : Mai
  • Pages: 240
  • Langue: Anglais
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.
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Author’s Note
  • Part I: Reading
    • Chapter 1: Paper
    • Chapter 2: My Hanif Kureishi Life
    • Chapter 3: The Map of My Village
    • Chapter 4: The Poetry of Gujarat Riots
    • Chapter 5: Conversation with Arundhati Roy
    • Chapter 6: Salman Rushdie and Me
    • Chapter 7: Bad News
  • Part II: Writing
    • Chapter 8: How to Write a Novel
    • Chapter 9: Reading Like a Writer
    • Chapter 10: Writing My Own Satya
    • Chapter 11: Dead Bastards
    • Chapter 12: The Writer as a Father
    • Chapter 13: Ten Rules of Writing
  • Part III: Places
    • Chapter 14: Mofussil Junction
    • Chapter 15: A Collaborator in Kashmir
    • Chapter 16: At the Jaipur Literature Festival
    • Chapter 17: Hotel Leeward
    • Chapter 18: The Mines of Jadugoda
    • Chapter 19: Upon Arrival in the Past
    • Chapter 20: Bookstores of New York
  • Part IV: People
    • Chapter 21: Lunch with a Bigot
    • Chapter 22: The Boxer on the Flight
    • Chapter 23: Amartya’s Birth
    • Chapter 24: The Taxi Drivers of New York
    • Chapter 25: On Being Brown in America
    • Chapter 26: Missing Person
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