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    612-822-4611

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Diversity Quota

Diversity Quota

Adiga, Ranjan

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 029934844X
ISBN13: 9780299348441
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Oct 8 2024
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Complicating the idea of a single immigrant narrative, the stories in Diversity Quota move from the US to Nepal and back again, showing how displacement can lead to suffering or hope-sometimes simultaneously. In Kathmandu, Nepalis are frequently caught up in battles between tradition and progress; in the United States, their cultural dislocation is often emblematic of the larger predicaments immigrants face. Ranjan Adiga navigates these larger problems of racism, inequity, and gender roles, while simultaneously centering the humanity of his characters, flaws and all.

In these stories, the lines between winners and losers in a rapidly globalizing world become frayed and warped. A Nepali migrant's worst fears materialize in Leech. A couple in Denver tries to acclimate to a new social class. A middle-aged man is attracted to his barber in Haircut and Massage. A Nepali professor is captivated by a white American student in The Diversity Committee. In often unexpected ways, Adiga captures moments of survival amid worlds colored by precarity.

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