Richard Crasta

The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This one of a kind, Kurt Vonnegut-moving and comic coming-of-age novel is set in a part of South India in which coconut trees, cobras, Catholic churches, and tiger dancers coexist with delicious fish and meat curries. Here, growing up, as an Indian boy with an American Dream set on fire by a dashingly handsome John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie, and by Readers Digest and Time magazine.. "The Revised Kama Sutra" is also an honest and uninhibited account of how hilariously difficult it was for many an Indian male, in the post-Portnoy Seventies (and to a smaller extent, even today), to lose his virginity. Inflamed by Western movies and erotic novels and how-to books on seducing women, the naïve protagonist, Vijay Prabhu, dreams of going to America to become a writer (but also, secretly, to fulfill his wild sexual fantasies). Described as an insight into the Indian male mind, this novel has been published in multiple editions and languages and was praised by Kurt Vonnegut as "very funny," by Indian Express as showing "a comic timing never seen in Indian novel to date," and by Publishers Weekly for its "considerable good humor and charm."
"Indefatigable good humor . . . transcends the personal to stand for the contradictions and struggle of India as a whole. Considerable, irreverent charm."--Publishers Weekly, USA
"Warm, sensitive, and very, very funny."--Business Standard.
"Absolutely spectacular, irreverent, moving, funny."--Afternoon Despatch & Courier
"Delightfully witty... unputdownable... brilliant . . . a novel written from the heart. Should be read for the sheer pleasure of reading." The Pioneer
"A craftsman of letters. Hilarious. Almost read it nonstop."--Khushwant Singh, author and columnist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Invisible Man Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498992961
• Artikelnr.: 42173395

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