![]() ![]() ![]() The odd thing is that I haven't read any of them for years and years - I read Ellison's Invisible Man in 1995 or 1996, and have never returned to it - but now that the book is done, I can see how deeply it's indebted to them. The influences on The White Tiger are three black American writers of the post-World War II era (in order), Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Richard Wright. It might make more sense to speak of influences on this book, rather than on me. Who are some of your literary influences? Do you identify yourself particularly as an Indian writer? Interview Aravind Adiga talks about his powerful debut novel, The White Tiger, and discusses how his fictional account ties strongly to the reality of contemporary India. ![]()
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