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IN PRAISE OF LAZINESS AND OTHER ESSAYS
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Harper S&S
| Author:
Indrajit Hazra
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
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Harper S&S
Author:
Indrajit Hazra
Language:
English
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A cross between a collection of philosophical investigations and idle banter, In Praise of Laziness and Other Essays, is a celebration of what Milan Kundera defined as ?Mystification: the active form of refusing to take the world seriously?. From an Erasmian encomium to laziness, a literary forensic report on the adult years of Sukumar Ray?s Pagla Dashu and Mark Twain?s Huckleberry Finn, the joys of staying indoors, to the exquisite pleasures of an electric blanket?and with a science fiction story on colonisation bunged in?this book is the equivalent of a meandering river in which the reader dips his or her toes in, not knowing whether a dolphin will come by or a piranha take a snap. This is a book that?s equal parts serious as well as frivolous, except you never quite know which parts are which.
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A cross between a collection of philosophical investigations and idle banter, In Praise of Laziness and Other Essays, is a celebration of what Milan Kundera defined as ?Mystification: the active form of refusing to take the world seriously?. From an Erasmian encomium to laziness, a literary forensic report on the adult years of Sukumar Ray?s Pagla Dashu and Mark Twain?s Huckleberry Finn, the joys of staying indoors, to the exquisite pleasures of an electric blanket?and with a science fiction story on colonisation bunged in?this book is the equivalent of a meandering river in which the reader dips his or her toes in, not knowing whether a dolphin will come by or a piranha take a snap. This is a book that?s equal parts serious as well as frivolous, except you never quite know which parts are which.
About Author
Indrajit Hazra is a novelist and journalist. His novels The Burnt Forehead of Max Saul (2000), The Garden of Earthly Delights (2003) and The Bioscope Man (2008) have been described by critics as "stamped by trenchant black humour" and "[original prose with] mad images hyperlinked to other mad images", one reviewer stating that "few (Bengali) writers writing in English are able to capture that sense of decay and temper it with that quintessential Bengali humour the way Hazra can". He is also the author of Grand Delusions: A Short Biography of Kolkata (2012). He is a columnist for The Economic Times where he writes 'Red Herring' every alternate Mondays. He lives in New Delhi and has been at it trying to finish his latest book that involves missing children and (a sort of) time travel. He blogs on http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/author/indrajithazra/
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