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- Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Duke University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Author’s Note
- pp. xi-xvi
- Part I: Reading
- Chapter 1: Paper
- pp. 1-13
- Chapter 2: My Hanif Kureishi Life
- pp. 14-28
- Chapter 3: The Map of My Village
- pp. 29-31
- Chapter 6: Salman Rushdie and Me
- pp. 51-57
- Chapter 7: Bad News
- pp. 58-76
- Part II: Writing
- Chapter 8: How to Write a Novel
- pp. 77-83
- Chapter 9: Reading Like a Writer
- pp. 84-96
- Chapter 10: Writing My Own Satya
- pp. 97-105
- Chapter 11: Dead Bastards
- pp. 106-109
- Chapter 12: The Writer as a Father
- pp. 110-118
- Chapter 13: Ten Rules of Writing
- pp. 119-124
- Part III: Places
- Chapter 14: Mofussil Junction
- pp. 125-131
- Chapter 15: A Collaborator in Kashmir
- pp. 132-140
- Chapter 17: Hotel Leeward
- pp. 146-150
- Chapter 18: The Mines of Jadugoda
- pp. 151-154
- Chapter 19: Upon Arrival in the Past
- pp. 155-161
- Chapter 20: Bookstores of New York
- pp. 162-166
- Part IV: People
- Chapter 21: Lunch with a Bigot
- pp. 167-182
- Chapter 22: The Boxer on the Flight
- pp. 183-186
- Chapter 23: Amartya’s Birth
- pp. 187-191
- Chapter 24: The Taxi Drivers of New York
- pp. 192-195
- Chapter 25: On Being Brown in America
- pp. 196-200
- Chapter 26: Missing Person
- pp. 201-212
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822375395
Related ISBN(s)
9780822359111, 9780822359302
MARC Record
OCLC
1139381698
Pages
239
Launched on MUSE
2020-02-19
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015