Throw It Out and Start Again: An Interview with Manil Suri
From the Archives: Manil Suri gets into the nitty-gritty of novel writing—throwing out hundreds of pages, rewriting histories, and choosing between plot and character—with Nawaaz Ahmed.
From the Archives: Manil Suri gets into the nitty-gritty of novel writing—throwing out hundreds of pages, rewriting histories, and choosing between plot and character—with Nawaaz Ahmed.
This week’s feature is Manil Suri’s new novel, The City of Devi, which is just out in paperback from W.W. Norton & Company. Manil Suri was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) and is a professor of mathematics and affiliate professor of Asian studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is also the author of the novels The Death of Vishnu (2001) and The Age of Shiva (2008), both of which were published by W.W. Norton & Company, as well. His fiction has won several awards and honors and has been translated into twenty-seven languages. He was named by […]
