Kushank Purandare is a young writer living off the goodwill of a host of friends, relatives, and lovers while he waits to gain recognition for his work. He is witness to their struggle as modern Indians to hold on to a semblance of truth and sanity in the face of alienation, squalor, violence, and loss of hope. Nagarkar's explosive style and irreverent approach caused an equally explosive reaction when Seven Sixes was first published in 1974. Critics have struggled to reconcile its apparent nihilism with its underlying sense of optimism.
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Text: English (translation)
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Kiran Nagarkar was born in 1942, and studied at the University of Bombay. A novelist, playwright, short-story and screenplay writer, he has also been a teacher, film and literary critic, magazine editor, and advertising copywriter. His controversial play, Bed Time Story, put into production on four separate occasions, has foundered each time because of fear by the actors of violent audience reaction. He has lectured at various American universities.
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One of the best book from the greatest author from India,
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This review is from: Seven sixes are forty-three (Asian and Pacific writing) (Hardcover)
Originally written in Marathi, this is Kiran Nagarkar's first book. almost autobigraphical. What holds the reader is the honest and bold description of situations and characters. And of course a glimpse of Hindu colony where the author stayed for a long time. The confusion and screw-ups that Kushank grows through and his relation with Arotie was something that stayed with me. I read the book almost eight years ago. Dont miss it. This is the only Indian author that matters. The rest of them suck.
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