{"product_id":"strongmen-trump-modi-erdo-287-an-duterte-putin","title":"Strongmen: Trump \/ Modi \/ Erdo\u0026#287;an \/ Duterte \/ Putin","description":"\u003cb\u003eFive noted writers and thinkers profile five of the world's leaders. For some of us, these leaders are heroes; for others, villains; for all of us--strongmen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We're edging towards a new kind of global fascism driven by aggression and strident nationalism. In this energetic, focused book, a group of five accomplished writers confronts five would-be dictators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eAmerican playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) burrows beneath the skin of Donald Trump. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDanish Husain, Indian storyteller and actor, finds himself recounting the story not only of Indian \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePrime Minister Narendra Modi, but also of the ascension of the extremism of the Sangh Parivar. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBurhan S nmez, Turkish novelist, ferrets about amidst the bewildering career of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLara Vapnyar, Russian-American novelist and journalist, ponders the Stalinist origins of the Supreme Leader of All the Russias. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNinotchka Rosca, Filipina feminist novelist, unravels the macho world of Rodrigo Duterte. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These essays do not presume to be neutral. They are by partisan thinkers, magical writers, people who see not only the monsters but also a future beyond the ghouls. A future that is necessary. The present is too painful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEVE ENSLER\u003c\/b\u003e is the Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, and author of the theatrical Obie Award winning phenomenon \u003ci\u003eThe Vagina Monologues\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Ensler is founder of V-Day, the 20-year-old global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. Her new play \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e opens in 2018 with the Abingdon Theatre Company at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDANISH HUSAIN\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor, poet, storyteller, and theater director. 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Her stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBURHAN SӦNMEZ\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, editor, and the translator of William Blake into Turkish. In April 2018 he was the awarded the first European Bank Prize for Literature for his novel \u003ci\u003eIstanbul Istanbul\u003c\/i\u003e (OR Books). A board member of PEN International, he also won the Disturbing the Peace Award from the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation in 2017. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNINOTCHKA ROSCA\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist, novelist, and human rights activist. 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