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9780822357049
EAN
9780822357049
Book Title
Matter of Rats : a Short Biography of Patna
Item Length
8.2in
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Year
2014
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Amitava Kumar
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Topic
General, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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It is not only the past that lies in ruins in Patna, it is also the present. But that is not the only truth about the city that Amitava Kumar explores in this vivid, entertaining account of his hometown. We accompany him through many Patnas, the myriad cities locked within the city--the shabby reality of the present-day capital of Bihar; Pataliputra, the storied city of emperors; the dreamlike embodiment of the city in the minds and hearts of those who have escaped contemporary Patna's confines. Full of fascinating observations and impressions, A Matter of Rats reveals a challenging and enduring city that exerts a lasting pull on all those who drift into its orbit. Kumar's ruminations on one of the world's oldest cities, the capital of India's poorest province, are also a meditation on how to write about place. His memory is partial. All he has going for him is his attentiveness. He carefully observes everything that surrounds him in Patna: rats and poets, artists and politicians, a girl's picture in a historian's study, and a sheet of paper on his mother's desk. The result is this unique book, as cutting as it is honest.

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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822357046
ISBN-13
9780822357049
eBay Product ID (ePID)
172702814

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Book Title
Matter of Rats : a Short Biography of Patna
Author
Amitava Kumar
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Asia / India & South Asia, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Number of Pages
144 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ds486.P26k86 2014
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An intimate and whimsical book, but one that truly shines when the author turns his gaze to the ordinary people who still live in Patna . . . skillfully evoking the circumstances of chaos, filth and absurdity in which even the city's middle-class professionals are forced to live., This book has something for everyone - historical tales, reflection on current India, guidance on writing and as a map for someone planning to visit Patna., Pound for pound, Amitava Kumar is one of the best nonfiction writers of his generation. . . . No one in India writes a more fine-grained and quietly evocative prose. . . . In his marvelous new work A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna , Kumar puts a stethoscope to his hometown and takes a reading of its heart., A Matter of Rats is a a wonderfully witty, poignant and idiosyncratic performance, full of surreal details and the oddest and most delicious digressions. Part memoir, part history, part biography of a rat-infested city in spectacular decline, Amitava Kuma has produced an enjoyably eloquent, gossipy, and discursive portrait of his love/hate relationship with his benighted birthplace., There's much more to Patna than rats, of course, and Kumar touches on its ancient glory and later role in the East India Company's opium trade. He also writes eloquently about writing itself, and the meaning of place., Kumar is alert to the signs of life coming from sometimes unanticipated directions. . . . This refusal of pessimism is one of the refreshing elements of Kumar's writing. While there is always plenty of bad news in Patna, he insists on the presence of joy -- an emotion that, rare as it is, 'is as real as suffering' -- even in surprising places. He poignantly describes incidents of everyday compassion and of the sacrifices of teachers, doctors, and activists. Each crisis or injustice, it seems, has sparked its own rebels, some noisy, others quiet., "Pound for pound, Amitava Kumar is one of the best nonfiction writers of his generation. . . . No one in India writes a more fine-grained and quietly evocative prose. . . . In his marvelous new work A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna , Kumar puts a stethoscope to his hometown and takes a reading of its heart."-- Siddharth Chowdhury , Time Out Delhi, E. B. White composed Here Is New York , his fraught love letter to Manhattan, during a heat wave in the summer of 1948. Sixty-four years later, the book served as a 'secret talisman' for Amitava Kumar, who carried it with him into the heat and humidity of his hometown, Patna, in India, as he wrote A Matter of Rats , an equally cleareyed ode to a similarly implausible place., A Matter of Rats is disconcerting, sophisticated, and recklessly courageous. The stories gathered here bring Patna to life, and accrete to an almost unbearable intensity., This new look at an ancient city transports readers on a fun journey. Lovers of travel writing, Indian history, and fans of literature will greatly enjoy this short book. . . ., " A Matter of Rats is disconcerting, sophisticated, and recklessly courageous. The stories gathered here bring Patna to life, and accrete to an almost unbearable intensity."-- Teju Cole , author of Open City, Amitava Kumar writes with such generosity, intelligence, precision, and wit that we come to recognize the world he portrays and the heart he excavates as our own. In prose that's riveting and blow-your-mind perceptive, Kumar vividly brings his childhood home of Patna, India, to life. A Matter of Rats will make you laugh and cry and shake your head in astonishment and horror and delight. This is a book for all of us, now.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Place of Place xi 1. The Rat's Guide 1 2. Pataliputra 15 3. Patna in the Hole 29 4. Leftover Patna 45 5. Other Patnas 63 6. Emperor of This World 73 7. Emotional Atyachaar 85 Epilogue. Place of Birth/Place of Death 103 Notes 109 Index 113
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-041901
Dewey Decimal
915.4/123
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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