Diversity Quota

Ranjan Adiga

ISBN 10: 029934844X / ISBN 13: 9780299348441

Published by University Of Wisconsin Press, 2024

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diversity Quota
• Publisher: University Of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029934844X
• ISBN 13: 9780299348441
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 9D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 216 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ranjan Adiga’s stories and articles have appeared in Story Quarterly, the New York Times, Huffington Post, and the Salt Lake Tribune, among others. Originally from Nepal, he now teaches creative writing at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah.