The Embarrassment of Being Earnest
The Embarrassment of Being Earnest
by Atharva Inamdar
The Embarrassment of Being Earnest is a essays & reflections book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Personal Essay. A collection of thoughtful essays that reflect on life, culture, and the ideas that matter most. Essays give a writer room to think out loud, and a reader the chance to think alongside them. Published in 2020 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 20,563 words across approximately 82 pages.
Written as personal essay, this book draws from lived experience to illuminate universal themes, making the specific feel deeply relatable.
Reading Experience
At 20,563 words (roughly 82 pages), this is a compact read — about 1.7 hours from start to finish. Books at this length get to the point and stay there. You can sit down, start reading, and finish it in one go, which is exactly how a essays & reflections book of this size works best.
About the Author
The Embarrassment of Being Earnest comes from 2020, during the years when over 1,500 books had no platform. Amazon had shut the door. Draft2Digital said they were "a small company for small authors." The writing never stopped — Atharva was 23 and still producing essays & reflections work with no clear path to publication. The essay collections capture thinking in progress — less polished than the fiction, more honest, and often more revealing about the author behind the catalog.
Publication History
The Embarrassment of Being Earnest was published on February 19th, 2020, one of 13 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Written and published within the same year, the book moved from draft to release in 2020 without the extended wait that many titles in the catalog experienced. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-893-0. 2020 saw 152 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
The Embarrassment of Being Earnest is one of 76 books in the essays & reflections category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other essays & reflections titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The personal essay focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-893-0
- Year Written
- 2020