A New York Times Book of the Year Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his books of the year Meet Kailash. Also known as Kalashnikov. Or AK-47. Or just plain AK. His journey from India has taken him to graduate school in New York where he keeps falling in love: not just with women, but with literature and radical politics, the fuel of youthful exuberance. Each heady affair brings new learning: about himself, and about his relationship to a country founded on immigration - a country that is now unsure of the migrant's place in the nation's fabric. But how can AK learn to belong when he's in a constant state of exile
About the Author
Amitava Kumar is a novelist, poet, journalist, and Professor of English at Vassar College. He was born in Bihar, India; he grew up in the town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty, and delicious mangoes.He is the author ofNobody Does the Right Thing;A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb;Husband of a Fanatic: A Personal Journey through India, Pakistan, Love, and Hate, aNew York Times“Editors’ Choice” selection;Bombay—London—New York, aNew Statesman(UK) “Book of the Year” selection; andPassport Photos. He is the editor of several books, includingAway: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate,The Humour and the Pity: Essays on V. S. Naipaul, andWorld Bank Literature. He is also an editor of the online journalPolitics and Cultureand the screenwriter and narrator of the prize-winning documentary filmPure Chutney.Kumar’s writing has appeared inThe Nation,Harper’s,Vanity Fair,The American Prospect,The Chronicle of Higher Education,The Hindu, and other publications in North America and India.
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