Fire and Knowledge: Fiction and Essays

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

The U.S. publication of A Book of Memories in 1997 introduced to our shores the work of an extraordinary novelist, P ter N das. Now, in Fire and Knowledge, a superb collection of short stories, essays, and literary criticism, we discover other aspects of N das's major presence in European life and letters: as a trenchant commentator on the events that have transformed Europe since 1989, as a stunning literary critic, and as a subtle interpreter of language and politics in societies both free and unfree. Here, in full, is a rich and rewarding compilation of brilliantly original, touching, witty, and thought-provoking works by one of our greatest living writers.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/22/2008
ISBN: 9780312427511
Pages: 391
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.56w x 0.72d