The Blind Writer: Stories and a Novella

Hardback: $50.00
ISBN-13: 9780824839581
Published: January 2015
Paperback: $25.00
ISBN-13: 9780824847982
Published: January 2015

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216 pages

Awards

  • Long-listed of the PEN Open Book Award, 2016
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  • About the Book
  • Together, the five stories and novella in this collection follow the lives of first- and second-generation Indian Americans living in contemporary California. The characters share a similar sensibility: a sense that immigration is a distant memory, yet an experience that continues to shape the decisions they make in subtle and surprising ways as they go about the complicated business of everyday living. The collection is anchored by the title novella about a love triangle between an aging, blind writer, his younger beautiful wife, and a young man desperate to start a writing life. Over several months, the three will get to know one another and move toward a moment that will change the lives of each of them forever.

  • About the Author(s)
    • Sameer Pandya, Author

      Sameer Pandya was born in India and came to California when he was eight. He earned a BA from the University of California, Davis, and a PhD from Stanford University. He currently teaches literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
    • Russell Leong, Series Editor

    • David K. Yoo, Series Editor

      David K. Yoo is vice provost, Institute of American Cultures, and professor of Asian American studies and history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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