A Matter of Rats
A Short Biography of Patna
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2014
144 pages
978-0-8223-7645-3 (ISBN)
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Part memoir, part travelogue, A Matter of Rats is the acclaimed writer Amitava Kumar's account of Patna, one of the world's oldest cities, the capital of India's poorest province, and the author and Vassar professor's home town.
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Amitava Kumar is a novelist, poet, journalist, filmmaker, and Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb and Nobody Does the Right Thing: A Novel, both also published by Duke University Press; Husband of a Fanatic: A Personal Journey through India, Pakistan, Love, and Hate, a New York Times "Editors' Choice" selection; Bombay-London-New York, a New Statesman (UK) "Book of the Year" selection; and Passport Photos. He is the editor of several books, including Away: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate, The Humour and the Pity: Essays on V. S. Naipaul, and World Bank Literature. He is also the screenwriter and narrator of the prize-winning documentary film Pure Chutney. Kumar's writing has appeared in The Nation, Harper's Magazine, Vanity Fair, The American Prospect, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Hindu, and other publications in North America and India.
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
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
