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Mithu Sanyal

Born 1971 · Germany

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    Mithu Sanyal · 50 when first published

    Novel · 384 pages · Satire, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Düsseldorf in the 2020s: Nivedita's professor of postcolonial studies, Saraswati, who described herself as a person of colour, turns out to be white. As the internet hunts Saraswati down, Nivedita asks her the most intimate questions.