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South Asian Novelists in English An A-to-Z Guide
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Jaina C. Sanga
Book Code: GR1885
ISBN: 0-313-31885-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31885-6
328 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2003
List Price: $108.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Awards:
  • Reference Reviews Top Ten Print Reference Source 2003
Reviews:
  • This is a must-have for students and scholars of South Asian writings in English and South Asian history and culture.
    —Multicultural Review     December 2003
  • [a]n outstanding reference work, forging new paths of perception and appreciation of South Asian writing in English.
    —Reference Reviews     November 2003
  • [A] single-volume compilation of English-writing South Asian novelists is a convenient research tool and should also prove useful in collection development. Suitable for large public libraries and academic libaries.
    —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin     September 15, 2003
Description: With the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, Midnight's Children in 1981, followed by the unprecedented popularity of his subsequent works, the cinematic adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient, many other best-sellers written by South Asian novelists writing in English have gained a tremendous following. This reference is a guide to their lives and writings. The volume focuses on novelists born in South Asia who have written and continue to write about issues concerning that region. Some of the novelists have published widely, while others are only beginning their literary careers. The volume includes alphabetically arranged entries on more than 50 South Asian novelists. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the novelist's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Since many of the contributors are personally acquainted with the novelists, they are able to offer significant insights. The volume closes with a selected bibliography of studies of the South Asian novel in English, along with a list of anthologies and periodicals.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Meena Alexander by Lavina Shankar
  • Mulk Raj Anand by Rochelle Almeida
  • Anjana Appachana by Lara Kattekola
  • Jean Arasanayagam by Chelva Kanaganayakam
  • Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni by Lavina Shankar
  • Vikram Chandra by Doug Payne
  • Upamanyu Chatterjee by Rochelle Almeida
  • Amit Chaudhuri by Purvi Shah
  • Nirad Chaudhuri by Pallavi Rastogi
  • Kamala Das by Manju Jaidka
  • Anita Desai by P. S. Chauhan
  • Shashi Deshpande by Josna Rege
  • Farukh Dhondy by Sangeeta Mediratta
  • Indira Ganesan by Sangeeta Mediratta
  • Zulfikar Ghose byWaqas Ahmad Khwaja
  • Amitav Ghosh by Bakirathi Mani
  • Yasmine Gooneratne by Walter Perera
  • James Goonewardene by Nihal Fernando
  • Romesh Gunasekera by Gautam Kundu
  • Sunetra Gupta by Vijaylaxmi Chauhan
  • Kaizad Gustad by Jigna Desai
  • Mohsin Hamid by Waqas Ahmad Khwaja
  • Githa Hiraharan by Meenakshi Bharat
  • Raj Kamak Jha by Pallavi Rastogi
  • Firdaus Kanga by John Hawley
  • Manju Kapur by Pallavi Rastogi
  • Mukul Kesavan by Padmaja Challake
  • Adib Khan by Rebecca Sultana
  • Chandani Lokuge by Walter Perera
  • Manohar Malhaonkar by Janet Powers
  • Kamala Markandaya by Hena Ahmad
  • Gita Mehta by P. S. Chauhan
  • Ved Mehta by Sujata Iyengar
  • Pankaj Mishra by Rahul Gairola
  • Rohinton Mistry by Tess Chakkalakal
  • Bharati Mukherjee by Kellie Hozler
  • Kiran Nagarkar by Niti Sampat-Patel
  • Suniti Namjoshi by Harveen Mann
  • Kirin Narayan by Grant Farred
  • R. K. Narayan by John Lanagan
  • Michael Ondaatje by Anthony Guneratne
  • Victor Rangel-Ribeiro by Gita Rajan
  • Raja Rao by Janet Powers
  • Arundhati Roy by Emmanuel Nelson
  • Salman Rushdie by Michael Reder
  • Nayantara Sahgal by Jill Didur
  • I. Allan Sealy by Manju Jaidka
  • Shyam Selvadurai by Emmanuel Nelson
  • Vikram Seth by Anthony Guneratne
  • Bulbul Sharma by Natasha Vashisht
  • Bapsi Sidhwa by Feroza Jussawalla
  • Kushwant Singh by Doug Payne
  • Sara Suleri by Ambreen Hai
  • Manil Suri by Kellie Holzer
  • Shashi Tharoor by Gita Rajan
  • Ardashir Vakil by John Hawley
  • M. G. Vassanji by Marian Aguiar
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2002070045
LCC Class: PR9496
Dewey Class: 820
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