Richard Crasta, John Baptist Crasta

Fathers and Sons, War and Love (A 3-Book Bundle) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This 80,000-word bundle of three books begins with "Eaten by the Japanese," the World War II memoir of John Baptist Crasta, the father of Richard Crasta, who describes what it was like to rediscover his father and reconcile with him just two years before his father's death. The act of reading and publishing his 87-year-old father's almost forgotten memoir was a process of discovery and reconciliation for the son. "Father, Rebel, Dreamer" consists of fictional and nonfictional reflections, essays, and humor, including a fictional story of "The Terrorist Mother-in-Law." "Letters to My Sons" is the story of a tragic period in which depression, loneliness, and addiction to psychotropic drugs results in mood swings and regrettable emotional outbursts.

This 2019 edition contains powerful new material: the Epilogue, titled "The Second Torture of John Baptist Crasta," tells the story of John Baptist Crasta's sad final days. The other bonus chapters, advance chapters from a book-in-progress, include meditations on Buddhism, fatherhood, and psychiatry, and a story of Indian feudal arrogance and impunity.

Richard Crasta is the author of 12 other books of fiction, nonfiction, satire, humor, biography, and cultural and political critiques.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Invisible Man Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781393179191
• Artikelnr.: 56954993

Autorenporträt

Richard Crasta is the author of twelve books and the father of three sons. He was born and grew up in India and moved to America to become a writer. His first novel, "The Revised Kama Sutra," was received with critical acclaim, described as "very funny" by Kurt Vonnegut, and published in 10 countries and in 7 languages.

Richard's books include fiction, nonfiction, essays, autobiography, humor, and satire, and have been described as "exuberant," "courageous," "hilarious," and "going where no Indian writer has gone before."

His 12 books include "Impressing the Whites," "The Killing of an Author," and the subversive anthology of humor, "I Will Not Go the F**k to Sleep" (a non-parental version with more political humor has been published under the title "The Empire Bites Back"); he also edited and added essays to his father's memoir, "Eaten by the Japanese: The Memoir of an Unknown Indian Prisoner of War." His motives for writing include a passion for justice and free expression and a love of laughter.

Richard has traveled widely in North America, Asia, and Europe, and though technically a New York resident, spends most of his time in Asia working on seven books in progress. His likes include a wide range of music, movies, theater, and travel.

You may write to Richard at [e-mail] or visit his website, http://www.richardcrasta.com