{"product_id":"future-library-contemporary-indian-writing-9781636280318","title":"Future Library: Contemporary Indian Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology brings together one hundred contemporary Indian poets and fiction writers working in English as well as translating from other Indian languages. Located anywhere from Michigan to Mumbai, the sources of their creativity range from the ancient epics to twentieth-century world literature, with themes suggesting a modernist individuality and sense of displacement as well as an ironic, postmodern embracing of multiple disjunctions. The editors present a historical background to the various Englishes apparent in this collection, while also identifying the shared traditions and contexts that hold together their uniquely diverse selection. In aiming at coherence rather than unity, Hasan and Chattarji reveal that the idea of Indianness is as much a means of exploring difference as finding common ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHasan, Anjum:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnjum Hasan\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmopolitans\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin), \u003cem\u003eNeti, Neti \u003c\/em\u003e(Roli Books), and \u003cem\u003eLunatic in my Head\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin); the book of poems \u003cem\u003eStreet on the Hill\u003c\/em\u003e (Sahitya Akademi); the short story collections \u003cem\u003eDifficult Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin) and \u003cem\u003eA Day in the Life\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin), which won the Valley of Words Fiction Award, 2019. Her books have also been shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi, Hindu Best Fiction, and Crossword Fiction awards. She has been a Homi Bhabha Fellow and a Charles Wallace India Fellow, and is currently a New India Foundation Fellow. She lives in Bangalore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChattarji:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSampurna Chattarji\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, fiction writer, translator, and editor. Her twenty books include the short story collection about Bombay\/Mumbai, \u003cem\u003eDirty Love\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin); the novels \u003cem\u003eRupture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLand of the Well\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins); translations of Joy Goswami's poetry--\u003cem\u003eAfter Death Comes Water\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Harper Perennial); and nine poetry titles, the most recent being \u003cem\u003eSpace Gulliver: Chronicles of an Alien\u003c\/em\u003e (HarperCollins) and \u003cem\u003eOver \u0026amp; Under Ground in Mumbai \u0026amp; Paris\u003c\/em\u003e (Westland-Context). Her translation of Sukumar Ray is a Puffin Classic. She teaches writing to design students at IIT, Bombay; and is Poetry Editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Indian Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Thane.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383088353554,"sku":"9781636280318","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b84e0f3-547c-41c3-b7c0-c1d101fddcb8.jpg?v=1728777669","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/future-library-contemporary-indian-writing-9781636280318","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}