{"product_id":"a-return-to-self-excursions-in-exile-hardcover","title":"A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAatish Taseer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blend of travelog and memoir spanning from Turkey to Mexico, exploring Aatish Taseer's uniquely blended identity and asking: Why do certain cities become epicenters of great historical shifts and sites of unpredictable communities?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2019, the government of Prime Minister Narenda Modi revoked Aatish Taseer's Indian citizenship, thereby exiling him from the country where he grew up and lived for thirty years. This loss, both practical and spiritual, sent him on a journey of revisiting the places that formed his identity, and asking broader questions about the complex forces that make a culture and a nationality, in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Istanbul, he confronts the hopes and ambitions of his former self. In Uzbekistan, he sees how what was once the majestic portal of the Silk Road is now a tourist façade. In India, he explores why Buddhism, which originated there, is so little practiced. Everywhere he goes, the ancient world mixes intimately with the contemporary: with the influences of the pandemic, the rise of new food cultures, and the ongoing cultural battles of regions around the world. How do centuries of cultures evolving and overlapping, often violently, shape the people that subsequently emerge from them? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn thoughtful prose that combines reportage with romanticism, Taseer casts an incisive eye at what it means to belong to a place that becomes an unstable, politicized vessel for ideas defined by exclusion and prejudice, and gets to the human heart of the shifts and migrations that define our multicultural world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAATISH TASEER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eStranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands\u003c\/i\u003e and the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eThe Way Things Were\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 2016 Jan Michalski Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe Temple-Goers\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award, and \u003ci\u003eNoon\u003c\/i\u003e; and the memoir and travelog \u003ci\u003eThe Twice-Born\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the translator of a volume of Saadat Hasan Manto's short stories from Urdu, \u003ci\u003eManto: Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He is a Writer at Large for \u003ci\u003eT: The New York Times Style Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in England and raised in New Delhi, educated in the US and previously a journalist in the UK, he now lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470025191731,"sku":"9781646222797","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/qD2ahVTY6b9781646222797.webp?v=1759409678","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-return-to-self-excursions-in-exile-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}