{"product_id":"curry-eating-reading-and-race-9781552453513","title":"Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo two curries are the same. This \u003ci\u003eCurry\u003c\/i\u003e asks why the dish is supposed to represent everything brown people eat, read, and do.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this wildly funny and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own upbringing, Naben Ruthnum depicts how the distinctive taste of curry has often become maladroit shorthand for brown identity. With the sardonic wit of Gita Mehta's \u003ci\u003eKarma Cola\u003c\/i\u003e and the refined, obsessive palette of Bill Buford's \u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruthnum sinks his teeth into the story of how the beloved flavor calcified into an aesthetic genre that limits the imaginations of writers, readers, and eaters. Following in the footsteps of Salman Rushdie's \u003ci\u003eImaginary Homelands\u003c\/i\u003e, Curry cracks open anew the staid narrative of an authentically Indian diasporic experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.70w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naben Ruthnum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40040701264053,"sku":"9781552453513","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bb8cce6a-199c-4336-bb0e-2833ae40cf6f.jpg?v=1621344036","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/curry-eating-reading-and-race-9781552453513","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}