Richard Crasta is the author of twelve books and the father of three sons. He was born and grew up in India and moved to America to become a writer. His first novel, "The Revised Kama Sutra," was received with critical acclaim, described as "very funny" by Kurt Vonnegut, and published in 10 countries and in 7 languages.
Richard's books include fiction, nonfiction, essays, autobiography, humor, and satire, and have been described as "exuberant," "courageous," "hilarious," and "going where no Indian writer has gone before."
His 12 books include "Impressing the Whites," "The Killing of an Author," and the subversive anthology of humor, "I Will Not Go the F**k to Sleep" (a non-parental version with more political humor has been published under the title "The Empire Bites Back"); he also edited and added essays to his father's memoir, "Eaten by the Japanese: The Memoir of an Unknown Indian Prisoner of War." His motives for writing include a passion for justice and free expression and a love of laughter.
Richard has traveled widely in North America, Asia, and Europe, and though technically a New York resident, spends most of his time in Asia working on seven books in progress. His likes include a wide range of music, movies, theater, and travel.
You may write to Richard at rc@richardcrasta.com or visit his website, http://www.richardcrasta.com
In India, the land of "snakes, elephants, gurus, and coconuts," Vijay Prabhu grows up Catholic and confused. The result is an Indian "Angela's Ashes," one in which Vijay, redefining his goals, dreams of going to America, the land of milk, honey, and Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup.
A complete novel in itself, "One Little Indian" is a reworking of the childhood, coming of age first half of The Revised Kama Sutra (which is actually 2 novels in one), and it includes additional, never-published chapters that been left out because of space constraints. The book ends with Vijay graduating from college, and the later, adult sections, with their greater sexual content, have been omitted from this book, which can be read by a larger audience of both men and women who are reasonably cosmopolitan and well-read.
The Telegraph, a major Indian newspaper, described "One Little Indian" as "a surprisingly delightful novel by a genuinely irreverent Indian from Mangalore." Commenting on how the novel does not fit the priggish mold of most other Indian writing, it adds: "Crasta's raunchiness is a mix of Khushwant Singh and Laurence Sterne. The unstoppably copious funniness is Shandian."
"A superb Mangalore-centric novel"—DP Satish in "Mangalore Diary: Highrises, Malls & Beautiful Bunt Women."
"An achingly beautiful book on the inner world pathos and outer world absurdity of growing up - both inner and outer, sometimes outrageously funny. It applies to all humans anywhere, since we all experience growing up, but is set in India in the late 1950s and 60s. What really makes this a work of genius for me is not only the way it recaptures growing up, but the pictures it paints of India on virtually every page."-- Mark David Ledbetter, Author.
Título : One Little Indian
EAN : 9781536552546
Editorial : Invisible Man Press
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