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Love in a Dead Language

A Romance

by Lee Siegel · 1999 · 408 pages

Sean Carroll
Sean Carroll
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Sean Carroll

About This Book

Structured as an academic translation of an ancient Indian sex manual, this satirical novel follows an Indology professor's obsessive and disastrous quest for enlightenment. The experimental narrative blends a murder mystery with multimedia elements to critique Western orientalism and academic life.

Genres

Psychology & BehaviorHistoryFiction & Literature

Topics

Academic SatireKama SutraMurder MysteryObsessionOrientalismPost Modernism

Book Details

Published

1999

Pages

408

Language

en

ISBN

9780226756974

Awards & Recognition

New York Times Notable Book of the Year (1999)Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Nominee

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