{"product_id":"black-avatar-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Black Avatar: And Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmit Majmudar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first nonfiction collection by internationally acclaimed writer and translator Amit Majmudar, \u003ci\u003eBlack Avatar\u003c\/i\u003e combines elements of memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The eight pieces in this deeply engaging volume reflect author Amit Majmudar's comprehensive studies of American, European, and Indian traditions, as well as his experiences in both suburban Ohio and the western Indian state of Gujarat. The volume begins with the title piece, a fifteen-part examination of \"How Colorism Came to India.\" Tracing the evolution of India's bias in favor of light skin, Majmudar reflects on the effects of colonialism, drawing upon sources ranging from early Sanskrit texts to contemporary film and television. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other essays illuminate subjects both timely and timeless. \"The Ramayana and the Birth of Poetry\" discusses how suffering is portrayed in art and literature (\"The spectrum of suffering: slapstick on one end, scripture on the other, with fiction and poetry . . . in the vastness between them\"), while in \"Five Famous Asian War Photographs\"--a 2018 \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e selection--Majmudar analyzes why these iconic images of atrocity have such emotional resonance. In \"Nature\/Worship,\" another multi-part piece, the author turns his attention to climate change, linking notions of environmentalism to his ancestral tradition of finding divinity within the natural world, connections that form the basis of religious belief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps the greatest achievement of these wide-ranging essays is the prose itself--learned yet lively, erudite yet accessible--nimbly revealing the workings of a wonderfully original mind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmit Majmudar\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, novelist, translator, and essayist, as well as the former first Poet Laureate of Ohio. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eTwin A: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eWhat He Did in Solitary\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published a translation from the Sanskrit, \u003ci\u003eGodsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, with Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e. He works as a diagnostic and nuclear radiologist in Westerville, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174161498361,"sku":"9781946724618","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NE56WUlvZGJUMmFKakhyeUxVR1Rudz09.webp?v=1767640124","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/black-avatar-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}