Ravan and Eddie

DETAILS : 

• Author : Kiran Nagarkar
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Collins Publishers
  
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 15 December 2015
  
• Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 332 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9351774120
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9789351774129
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 250 g

ABOUT THE BOOK 

An extremely funny novel about two larger-than-life heroes and their bawdy, Rabelaisian adventures in post-colonial urban India. 'Nagarkar is a genuine experimentalist: he combines in his writing a tremendous instinct for storytelling with a rare openness of imagination. He is willing to go where it takes him, express it in whatever form and through whichever language. What remains constant is his subversive pleasure in fiction for its own sake. It makes him one of our most precious writers.' - AnjumHasan, The Caravan Nagarkar's second novel (is) insouciant, savage, disarming and profound... (His) imagery has the quality of switch-blades flickering in the dark alley of the narrative. (His) humour is dark, but passionate. - ManjulaPadmanabhan, The Asian Age 'Ravan and Eddie remains one of the finest books written with Mumbai as a backdrop. It's uproariously funny, outrageously irreverent ... (and) reveals the city as a character, an actor, a living being.' - PankajUpadhyaya, Mumbai Mirror 'It's bawdy, it's wicked and it's irreverent. (Ravan and Eddie) is a wild romp through a quintessential Indian institution: the chawl.' - Business World

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019) was a towering figure in modern Indian literature, uniquely distinguished as a bilingual writer who excelled in both Marathi and English. Before becoming a full-time author, he had a successful career as an advertising copywriter, where he worked on path-breaking campaigns. His debut Marathi novel, Saat Sakkam Trechalis (Seven Sixes Are Forty-Three), is considered a milestone in Indian postmodern fiction. Nagarkar was a fierce critic of social orthodoxy and establishment politics, themes that frequently surfaced in his diverse body of work, which included plays and screenplays. He received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001 for his epic historical novel Cuckold.