“Roth’s steadfast commitment to the many privileges of male whiteness reliably repels me,” says Hemon, whose new novel is “The World and All That It Holds.” “I also dislike a lot of recent books, but I don’t wish to name them.”
Much has been written about the horrors of the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. A recent documentary probes new allegations that rich foreigners paid shooters to target civilians in the besieged city.
Suleman Khilji.
There could be several beginnings. According to the Bible, “In the beginning there was the Word”. To Camille Paglia, “In the beginning there was nature”; Bosnian author, Faruk Sehic writes, “In the beginning there was Eden, whence we were expelled”. But for the 3
rd Mansion Artists Residency, in the beginning there was the house, a portion of which was rented by a restaurant. Later, the entire building was taken over by eateries one after the other till, due to constraints added by Covid-19, the premises were abandoned.
At this venue, the Mansion residency, organised by Nausheen Saeed, was held from 15th