Bookless in Baghdad: Reflections on Writing and Writers - Softcover

Tharoor, Shashi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611454085 ISBN 13: 9781611454086

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Shashi Tharoor is once again at his provocative best. In the titular piece, we learn what Iraqis go through in their beleaguered land merely to get hold of a book; what does it mean when selling books, selling culture, out of one's own library is the only way to put bread on the table? Later, Tharoor reminisces about growing up with books in India and the central position of classics like the Mahabharata in developing his own literary identity. The poignant homage to Chilean poet Pablo Neruda recalls his incendiary deathbed challenge as an oppressive military regime invaded his home: "There is only one thing of danger for you here-my poetry!" "The defining features of today's world," Tharoor writes of the global stage, "are the relentless forces of globalization-the same forces used by the terrorists in their macabre dance of death and destruction." His astute views on Salman Rushdie, India's love for P. G. Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling, Aleksandr Pushkin, John le Carré, V. S. Naipaul, and Winston Churchill make for fascinating reading. His insightful takes on Hollywood and Bollywood will intrigue even the most demanding cinephile. Together, these thirty-nine pieces reveal the inner workings of one of today's most eclectic writers.

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Rare Book

Book Description:

A collection of Shashi Tharoor's finest essays on writers and writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1611454085
• ISBN 13: 9781611454086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288