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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
By
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7539-5
Publication date:
2015
This chapter is a commentary on how recent novels set in the Indian subcontinent are about the ways in which the news enters the lives of people. The examples are Aravinda Adiga’s The White Tiger, Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People, and Mohammad Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes. The essay also engages with novelist Vikram Chandra’s widely-noted essay “The Cult of Authenticity.”
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