Hometown: Madras (now Chennai), India
Book: Between the Assassinations
For Fans Of: Richard Wright, Kiran Desai, Roberto Bolaño
Aravind Adiga had just returned to India after years in Anglophone countries when he changed his mind about what to write. He’d assumed he would focus on himself and his family—“idealists and intellectuals,” by his own estimation. But after talking to slum dwellers, servants, rickshaw pullers, coolies, cooks, prostitutes, teashop gophers, gardeners and chauffeurs while on assignment for Time magazine, Adiga about-faced. “I realized that most Indians were completely unlike me,” he recalls. “I decided to write about them instead."...
Book: Between the Assassinations
For Fans Of: Richard Wright, Kiran Desai, Roberto Bolaño
Aravind Adiga had just returned to India after years in Anglophone countries when he changed his mind about what to write. He’d assumed he would focus on himself and his family—“idealists and intellectuals,” by his own estimation. But after talking to slum dwellers, servants, rickshaw pullers, coolies, cooks, prostitutes, teashop gophers, gardeners and chauffeurs while on assignment for Time magazine, Adiga about-faced. “I realized that most Indians were completely unlike me,” he recalls. “I decided to write about them instead."...
- 7/31/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
- It comes as no surprise that leading this year’s pack of nominees are Little Miss Sunshine and Half Nelson, but this year’s mix of contenders are a mixed breed coming from films that were showcased a little everywhere – including this year’s Sundance. And the 2007 Independent Spirit nominees are...Feature (Award given to the Producer)"American Gun," Ted Kroeber, producer"The Dead Girl," Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen, producers"Half Nelson," Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg, producers"Little Miss Sunshine," Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, producers"Pan's Labyrinth," Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo Del Toro, producersFIRST Feature (Award given to the director and producer)"Day Night Day Night," Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin, producers"Man Push Cart," Ramin Bahrani, director; Ramin Bahrani,
- 11/29/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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