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24 quotes by Hari Kunzru

Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is a British Indian novelist and journalist of Kashmiri Pandit origin, author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions and Gods Without Men. His work has been translated into twenty languages.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without... →

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I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic and pointless.

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Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently... →

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I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.

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As I got older I became a kind of sub cultural junkie, foraging around in music, street fashion and eventually art, politics and the freakier reaches... →

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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the... →

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I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding... →

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I suffer from vertigo. It's paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I've been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going... →

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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord... →

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These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting... →

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There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still... →

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I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to do everything that you're... →

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