A Free Man:
A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi
Monday 12 November, 2012
7 - 9pm, $0/Rsvp
New York University, Journalism Department
20 Cooper Square, Floor 7
The Colloquium for Unpopular Culture and Public Books present Aman Sethi, reading from A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi, and in conversation with Teju Cole, author of Open City, introduced by Sukhdev Sandhu, author of Night Haunts: A Journey Through The London Night
Upon its publication in India in 2011, Aman Sethi's A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi was immediately acclaimed by the likes of Arundhati Roy, Michael Ondaatje, Katherine Boo, and Siddhartha Mukherjee as a masterpiece of investigative journalism and nonfiction writing. A portrait of Mohammed Ashraf--once a biology student, later a butcher, tailor, and electrician's apprentice, and now a homeless day laborer--it is an intimate, funny, and vivid account of one man's persistence in the face of crushing poverty, as well as a supremely telling evocation of the urban and economic transformations in modern India.
The evening will begin with an introduction by Sukhdev Sandhu, followed by Sethi reading from A Free Man and then a wide-ranging conversation with the novelist and essayist Teju Cole, whose writings about cities such as New York, Brussels, and Lagos have been widely praised. There will be a Q & A with the audience and both authors will be available after the event for book-signing.
Upon its publication in India in 2011, Aman Sethi's A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi was immediately acclaimed by the likes of Arundhati Roy, Michael Ondaatje, Katherine Boo, and Siddhartha Mukherjee as a masterpiece of investigative journalism and nonfiction writing. A portrait of Mohammed Ashraf--once a biology student, later a butcher, tailor, and electrician's apprentice, and now a homeless day laborer--it is an intimate, funny, and vivid account of one man's persistence in the face of crushing poverty, as well as a supremely telling evocation of the urban and economic transformations in modern India.
The evening will begin with an introduction by Sukhdev Sandhu, followed by Sethi reading from A Free Man and then a wide-ranging conversation with the novelist and essayist Teju Cole, whose writings about cities such as New York, Brussels, and Lagos have been widely praised. There will be a Q & A with the audience and both authors will be available after the event for book-signing.