Sunil Sethi (b. 1954), journalist, columnist and television presenter, has hosted the weekly literary show Just Books on NDTV since early 2005. He was one of the founding editorial team of India Today, has worked for the Hindustan Times and been a columnist for the Times of India and the Indian Express. His journalism has appeared in The Economist, the Boston Globe and several international publications; he has scripted and presented documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. A recipient of the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University and the Japan Foundation fellowship, he is married to the textile designer Shalini. They have one daughter and live in New Delhi.
Famous writers are often reticent about how and why they write, how their ideas and themes develop or how their characters and plots emerge. They can be equally reserved about their personal histories. But in the hands of seasoned journalist and skilful interviewer Sunil Sethi, presenter of Just Books, NDTV’s long-running weekend literary show, they open up in unexpected and fascinating ways. In this selection of thirty of his best interviews from Just Books, they speak freely and frankly about their craft, their life stories and the nature of their creative impulse.
Featured here are literary giants, including Nobel laureates and Booker Prize winners; internationally acclaimed historians, biographers and philosophers; authors of best-selling thrillers, novels and travel books; and brilliant young trendsetters. Their conversations with Sethi are, in turn, reflective and incisive, witty and poignant, but always candid and intimate, as they provide rare insights into their inner lives and engagement with the world they inhabit. Each voice in this diverse collection is original, distinctive and revealing, as they cover the wide terrain of life and literature.
A veritable feast for all book lovers, and an indispensable companion for students and teachers of literature, this volume vividly brings alive each author’s personality and work, ingeniously bridging the gap between reader and writer.
ISBN: 9780143416296
Author: Sunil Sethi
Published by: Penguin Books India
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AUGUST, 1613. Bruised and battered, Jack Fletcher wakes up in a roadside inn wrapped only in a dirty kimono. He has lost everything, including his memory of what happened.
Uttara Chauhan grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and was educated in Canada and India. She has lived and worked in India as a planning consultant and freelance writer. Currently, she works as a policy analyst for the Government of Canada. Her first novel, A Model House, was published in 2003. She lives in Ottawa.