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Author Kumar, Amitava, 1963- author.

Title A time outside this time / Amitava Kumar.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  KUMAR, AMITAVA    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F KUMAR, AMITAVA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 243 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents I'm writing a novel, but there is the news -- My experiment with ants -- Bias studies -- The fall of a sparrow -- The nature of love -- The velocity of lies -- The death of information -- Have you seen this?
Summary "When a writer named Satya attends a prestigious artist retreat, he finds the pressures of the outside world won't let up: President Trump rages online; a dangerous virus envelops the globe; and the 24-hour news cycle throws fuel on every fire. For most of the retreat fellows, such stories are unbearable distractions; but for Satya, these Orwellian interruptions begin to crystalize into an idea for his new novel, Enemies of the People, about the lies we tell ourselves and each other. Satya scours his life for moments where truth bends toward the imagined, and misinformation is mistaken as fact. Sifting through the President's tweets, newspaper clippings, childhood memories from India, and moments as an immigrant, a husband, father, and teacher, A Time Outside This Time captures our feverish political moment with intelligence, beauty, and an eye for the uncanny. It is a brilliant meditation on life in a post-truth era"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Politics and culture -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Authors -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
East Indian Americans -- Fiction.
United States -- 21st century -- Fiction.
Artists. (OCoLC)fst00817559
Authors. (OCoLC)fst00821688
East Indian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00901040
Politics and culture. (OCoLC)fst01069952
Truthfulness and falsehood. (OCoLC)fst01158255
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Political fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Political fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726702
Novels.
ISBN 9780593319017 (hardcover)
059331901X (hardcover)
9780593319024 (ebook)
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