Brief encounters : literature and beyond / Satendra Nandan
- Bib ID:
- 7330689
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Nandan, Satendra P. (Satendra Pratap), author
- Description:
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- Acton, ACT, Australia : Ivy Press International Publishers, 2015
- xii, 257 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780992498917 (paperback)
- Summary:
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In his third book of essays, Satendra Nandan writes about his life in literature and politics: from Fiji to Australia to India. Contemporary Issues of Fiji constitution, democracy, human rights, freedom of the press, identity, asylum seekers, writing, memories of people and places are included in this most readable collection written in the last couple of years. There are pieces here on Patrick White, V S Naipaul, R K Narayan, Nadine Gordimer, Kushwant Singh, Salman Rushdie, Narendra Modi, Sitiveni Rabuka and the late Gough Whitlam. The volume begins with his public lecture 'Personal' given at the National Library of Australia when he was a Harold White Fellow before he was invited to be a Commissioner on the Fiji Constitution Commission.
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