The Marginalised In Kiran Desais Novels

Author : Dr. Capt. Sarbjit K. Cheema
Publisher : Lulu Publication
ISBN 13 : 1678092568
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marginalised in Kiran Desai’s Novels written by Dr. Capt. Sarbjit K. Cheema and published by Lulu Publication. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiran Desai is a distinguished writer, was born on 3rd September 1971. She is basically from Chandigarh, daughter of a famous writer Anita Desai. Desai grew up speaking German, Hindi, and English. She received a B. A. in English from the University of Delhi in 1957. Kiran Desai has a vast travelling experience in her childhood. From Chandigarh she went to Pune and then to Mumbai and again back to Delhi. Later during her teens she moved to England and then to USA where she has settled with her mother. Her mother’s influence of writing is great upon her as we see that she had joined an Institute of Technology to become a scientist, but left as bent of mind was inclined for writing. The suppression and oppression of Indian women were the subjects of her first novel, Cry, the Peacock (1963).

Author : Kiran Desai
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555845916
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inheritance of Loss written by Kiran Desai and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize: An “extraordinary” novel “lit by a moral intelligence at once fierce and tender” (The New York Times Book Review). In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge wants only to retire in peace. But his life is upended when his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s chatty cook watches over the girl, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotching from one miserable New York restaurant job to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens Sai’s new-sprung romance with her tutor, the household descends into chaos. The cook witnesses India’s hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge revisits his past and his role in Sai and Biju’s intertwining lives. In a grasping world of colliding interests and conflicting desires, every moment holds out the possibility for hope or betrayal. Published to extraordinary acclaim, The Inheritance of Loss heralds Kiran Desai as one of our most insightful novelists. She illuminates the pain of exile and the ambiguities of postcolonialism with a tapestry of colorful characters and “uncannily beautiful” prose (O: The Oprah Magazine). “A book about tradition and modernity, the past and the future—and about the surprising ways both amusing and sorrowful, in which they all connect.” —The Independent

Author : Kiran Desai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780871137111
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard written by Kiran Desai and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sampath Chawla, a young postal worker who never feels as though he fits into the small Indian town into which he is born, one day climbs up a tree, only to become a famous holy man

Author : Raymale Vilas Vasant
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
ISBN 13 : 9390290651
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploration of Kiran Desai's the Inheritance of Loss written by Raymale Vilas Vasant and published by Shashwat Publication. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We took this opportunity to present this book entitled as ‘Exploration of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss’ for the reader. The object of this book is to present the subject matter in a most conscious and simple in manner. This book has been written constantly keeping in a mind the requirements of the reader basically for the student and lover of Indian English Literature regarding the latest and changing trends and scenario in the field of Indian English Literature.

Author : Professor Kim Knott
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848138717
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diasporas written by Professor Kim Knott and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism. It also examines key intersecting agendas and themes, including political economy, security, race, gender, and material and electronic culture. Original case studies of contemporary as well as classical diasporas are featured, mapping new directions in research and testing the usefulness of diaspora for analyzing the complexity of transnational lives today. Diasporas is an essential text for anyone studying, working or interested in this increasingly vital subject.

Author : Bharati Mukherjee
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802196349
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middleman written by Bharati Mukherjee and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Critics Circle Award winner and New York Times Notable Book: “intelligent, versatile . . . profound” stories of migration in America (The Washington Post Book World). Illuminating a new world of people in migration that has transformed the essence of America, these collected stories are a dazzling display of the vision of this critically-acclaimed contemporary writer. An aristocratic Filipina negotiates a new life for herself with an Atlanta investment banker. A Vietnam vet returns to Florida, a place now more foreign than the Asia of his war experience. An Indian widow tries to explain her culture’s traditions of grieving to her well-intentioned friends. And in the title story, an Iraqi Jew whose travels have ended in Queens suddenly finds himself an unwitting guerrilla in a South American jungle. Passionate, comic, violent, and tender, these stories draw us into a cultural fusion in the midst of its birth pangs, expressing a “consummated romance with the American language” (The New York Times Book Review).

Author : Bharati Mukherjee
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780449912706
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tiger's Daughter written by Bharati Mukherjee and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Calcutta and schooled in Poughkeepsie, Madison, Manhattan, beautiful, luminous Tara leaves her American husband behind as she journeys back to India. But the Calcutta she finds on her return -- seething with strikes, riots, and unrest -- is vastly different from the place she remembers. In this taut, ironic tale of colliding cultures, Tara seeks to reconcile the old world -- that of her father, the redoubtable Bengal Tiger -- and the brash new one that is being so violently ushered in. In this, her first novel, Mukherjee claimed as her subject the shock, uneasiness, and haphazard transformation that are part of the immigrant experience -- a theme she has masterfully woven into her subsequent novels, Wife and Jasmine, and into The Middleman and Other Stories, for which she won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Author : Stephanie Kallos
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846580
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sing Them Home written by Stephanie Kallos and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books of the Year: “A magical novel that even cynics will close with a smile” (People). Everyone in Emlyn Springs, Nebraska, knows the story of Hope Jones, who was lost in the tornado of 1978. Her three young children found some stability in their father, a preoccupied doctor, and in their mother’s spitfire best friend—but nothing could make up for the loss of Hope. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger. Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable. And the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother’s legacy, and permission to move on. When they’re summoned home after their father’s sudden death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood event that has defined their lives. With lyricism, wisdom, and humor, this novel by the national bestselling author of Broken for You explores the consequences of protecting those we love. Sing Them Home is a magnificent tapestry of lives connected and undone by tragedy, lives poised—unbeknownst to the characters—for redemption. “Comparisons to John Irving and Tennessee Williams would not be amiss in this show-stopping debut.” —KirkusReviews, starred review “Sing Them Home constantly surprises . . . A big cast of vividly portrayed characters.” —TheBoston Globe “Fans of Ann Patchett and Haven Kimmel should dive onto the sofa one wintry weekend with Stephanie Kallos’ wonderfully transportive second novel.” —Entertainment Weekly

Author : Joseph O'Connor
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609455940
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadowplay written by Joseph O'Connor and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A West End theater in London is shaken up by the crimes of Jack the Ripper in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Star of the Sea. Henry Irving is Victorian London’s most celebrated actor and theater impresario. He has introduced groundbreaking ideas to the theater, bringing to the stage performances that are spectacular, shocking, and always entertaining. When Irving decides to open his own London theater with the goal of making it the greatest playhouse on earth, he hires a young Dublin clerk harboring literary ambitions by the name of Bram Stoker to manage it. As Irving’s theater grows in reputation and financial solvency, he lures to his company of mummers the century’s most beloved actress, the dazzlingly talented leading lady Ellen Terry, who nightly casts a spell not only on her audiences but also on Stoker and Irving both. Bram Stoker’s extraordinary experiences at the Lyceum Theatre, his early morning walks on the streets of a London terrorized by a serial killer, his long, tempestuous relationship with Irving, and the closeness he finds with Ellen Terry, inspire him to write Dracula, the most iconic and best-selling supernatural tale ever published. A magnificent portrait both of lamp-lit London and of lives and loves enacted on the stage, Shadowplay’s rich prose, incomparable storytelling, and vivid characters will linger in readers’ hearts and minds for many years. “A vibrantly imaginative narrative of passion, intrigue and literary ambition set in the garish heyday of a theater. . . . Artfully splicing truth with fantasy, O’Connor has a glorious time turning a ramshackle and haunted London playhouse into a primary source for Stoker’s Gothic imaginings.” —Miranda Seymour, The New York Times Book Review “A gorgeously written historical novel about Stoker’s inner life. . . . I wasn’t prepared to be awed by his prose, which is so good you can taste it. . . . O’Connor dazzles.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “And Mr. O’Connor’s main characters—Stoker, Irving and the beloved actress Ellen Terry—are so forcefully brought to life that when, close to tears, you reach this drama’s final page, you will return to the beginning just to remain in their company.” —Anna Mundow, The Wall Street Journal “This novel blows the dust off its Victorian trappings and brings them to scintillating life.” —Publishers Weekly, PW Picks, Starred Review FINALIST 2019 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2020 DALKEY LITERARY AWARD 2020 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE

Author : Binnie Kirshenbaum
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0061972703
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Almost Perfect Moment written by Binnie Kirshenbaum and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brooklyn, in the Age of Disco, Valentine Kessler -- a sweet Jewish girl who bears a remarkable resemblance to the Virgin Mary of Lourdes -- has an unerring gift for shattering the dreams and hopes of those who love her. Miriam, her long-suffering mother, betrayed and anguished by the husband she adores, seeks solace in daily games of mah-jongg with The Girls, a cross between a Greek Chorus and Brooklyn's rendition of the Three Wise Men, who dispense advice, predictions, and care in the form of poppy-seed cake and apple strudels. When her greatest fear for Valentine is realized, Miriam takes comfort in the thought that it couldn't get any worse. And then it does. Sagacious, sorrowful, and hilarious, An Almost Perfect Moment is a novel about mothers and daughters, star-crossed lovers, doctrines of the divine, and a colorful Jewish community that once defined Brooklyn. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.