Jaipur Journals - Gokhale, Namita

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Résumé :
?The novel races and almost like a festival programme you hanker to linger longer with each of the many characters, so vivid, real and often funny that they are; each is worthy of their own book. Literary types will laugh in recognition as the novel overflows with pithy observations about the book world. You rarely stop to draw breath, but this is what gives Namita Gokhale?s novel its warmth, charm and vivacity? (THE IRISH TIMES); 'Jaipur Journals is a wonderfully lively satire on the pretensions, frustrations and delights of the literary life, full of gentle wit, iconoclasm and mischief. Namita Gokhale made her literary reputation thirty years ago by breaking rules and upending conventions. Jaipur Journals shows that all these years her claws have not blunted, nor her innate naughtiness diminished, as she gleefully overturns literary mango carts, punctures bookish pomposity and generally makes magnificently mayhem in her entertaining romp set against the background of the world's largest literary festival. If Kingsley Amis were ever to be reincarnated as sari-wearing Indian satirist, this might well be the book she would have written' (WILLIAM DALRYMPLE); 'There is no event more magical than the Jaipur Lit Fest. This book captures the magic' (GLORIA STEINEM); 'Namita Gokhale's new novel is a literary laugh riot, which is sure to send the book world into a mad rush to unscramble who is who!' (MEENA KANDASAMY)

Biographie:
Namita Gokhale, founder-director of the vibrant Jaipur Literature Festival, is herself a publisher and the acclaimed author of twenty books. Both non-fiction and fiction, they include the best-selling Paro: Dreams of Passion, Priya, and Things to Leave Behind. In 2017 Namita was awarded the first ever Centenary National Award for Literature by the Literary Society of Assam for her service to the Indian nation in supporting and showcasing Indian writing talents and creating a literary environment in the country. She has been described as one of the finest Indian writers. Namita Gokhale lives in New Delhi.

Sommaire:
Namita Gokhale is an Indian writer and co-founder and co-director of thefamed Jaipur Literature Festival. She is the author of twenty-five works of fictionand non-fiction. Gokhale's work spans several genres, including novels, short stories, Himalayan studies, mythology,edited anthologies and a play. She is the recipient of many prizes, including theprestigious Sahitya Akademi (National Akademi of Letters) award for her novelThings to Leave Behind....