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*Such* a weird book, but I could not look away from it.

Identitti by Mithu Sanyal

July 11, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 4 Book 24/30 A German professor who has been passing as Indian for her entire adult life is found to have been born white, and because she has placed herself in the public eye and has become a pop culture figure/icon, controversy explodes. (The author was inspired by the cases of people like Rachel Dolezal—who gets a couple mentions in the book—to write a story engaging with a fictional and heightened version of that story.) We see through the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Alta L. Price, biracial protagonist, fabulism, German author, Identitti, lit-fic, literary fiction, Mithu Sanyal, mixed media, narfna, post-colonialism, Read Harder Challenge 2024, Satire, translated

narfna's CBR16 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Alta L. Price, biracial protagonist, fabulism, German author, Identitti, lit-fic, literary fiction, Mithu Sanyal, mixed media, narfna, post-colonialism, Read Harder Challenge 2024, Satire, translated ·
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