{"product_id":"lunch-with-a-bigot-the-writer-in-the-world-hardcover","title":"Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmitava Kumar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be a writer, Amitava Kumar says, is to be an observer. The twenty-six essays in \u003ci\u003eLunch with a Bigot\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNobody Does the Right Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, all also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958340898991,"sku":"9780822359111","price":189.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/7314\/1679\/files\/8w5Fc1xaAk9780822359111.webp?v=1779509072","url":"https:\/\/valuevaultclub.myshopify.com\/products\/lunch-with-a-bigot-the-writer-in-the-world-hardcover","provider":"Value Vault Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}