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Indian English Literature
       
   

Indian Women Novelists

 
     
   

an anthology of critical essays in 18 vols.
R.K. Dhawan, ed.

     
    Set I, Vols. 1-5
     
   

Focus on Feminist and Women's Studies and detailed discussions on the fiction of Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Shobha De, Rama Mehta and Gita Mehta

       
    ISBN: 81-85218-38-2 Rs. 2000 (5 vols.) | USD 100
       
 
   
   


    Set II, Vols. 6-11
     
   

Focus on Feminist movement and detailed discussions on the fiction of Kamala Markandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nayantara Sahgal, Namita Gokhale, Kamala Das, Jai Nimbkar, Nina Sibal and others.

       
    ISBN: 81-85218-39-0 Rs. 2500 (6 vols.) | USD 125
       
 
   
   


   

Set III, Vols. 12-18

     
   

Detailed discussions on the fiction of Nergis Dalal, Dina Mehta, Attia Hosain, Tara Ali Baig, Shourie Daniels, Santha Rama Rau, Meena Alexander, Raji Narasimhan, Uma Vasudev, Anita Desai, Shobha De, Shashi Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Gita Mehta, Githa Hariharan, and Jai Nimbkar. The last two volumes are devoted to regional women writers: Indira Goswami (Assamese), Rajee Seth, Mridula Garg and Krishna Sobti (Hindi), Ismat Chughtai and Qurratulain Hyder (Urdu), Lakshmi Kannan (Tamil), Malati Chendur (Telugu), Amrita Pritam, Ajit Cour and Daleep Kaur Tiwana (Punjabi), Sita Devi, Ashapurna Debi and Mahasweta Devi (Bengali), Gauri Deshpande and Kamal Desai (Marathi).

       
    ISBN: 81-85218-40-4 Rs. 3000 (7 vols.) | USD 150
       
 
   
       
   

Parsi Fiction (2 vol. set)

 
     
   

Novy Kapadia, R.K. Dhawan & Dodiya, ed.

     
   

This critical anthology explores the distinctive character of the Parsi novels of the current era, as is reflected in the works of Rohinton Mistry, Bapsi Sidhwa, Dina Mehta, Firdaus Kanga, Keki Daruwalla and Boman Desai. Also discussed are the works of the latest Parsi writers, Ardashir Vakil, Meher Pestonji and Farishta Murzban Dinshaw.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-107-9

Rs. 1000 (2 vols.) | USD 50

       
 
   
       
   

Parsee Novel

 
     
   

Narendra Kumar

     
   

The Parsee novel in English is postcolonial in its range. Steeped in rich Zoroastrian myths and legends, young promising Parsee novelists like Firdaus Kanga, Rohinton Mistry, Farrukh Dhondy, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ardashir Vakil and Boman Desai use English as an instrument of self-assertion. The book examines major thematic preoccupations of both the expatriate & stay-at-home Parsee novelists in relation to the Zoroastrian worldview.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-115-X

Rs. 400 | USD 20

       
 
   
       
   

Self and Identity in Indian Fiction

 
     
   

S.P. Swain

     
   

The novels analyzed in this book focus on the protagonists's quest for identity on the sociological as well as on the philosophical plane. Among the novelists discussed are: Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, Arun Joshi, Salman Rushdie, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao and Amitav Ghosh.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-162-1

Rs. 400 | USD 20

       
 
   
    Voice of the Voiceless:  
       
   

Mulk Raj Anand and Jayakanthan

 
     
   

Dominic Savio

     
   

Mulk Raj Anand, the renowned Indian English novelist, and D. Jayakanthan, the best known contemporary Tamil novelist, bear essentially the same social consciousness. The life of the poor is the subject matter of most of their novels. Their art is an instrument for social transformation. The comparative study of the two authors is innovative and makes a rich contribution to literature.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-167-2

Rs. 500 | USD 25

       
 
   
   

Modern Indian Fiction:

 
       
   

History, Politics and Individual in the Novels of Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Upamanyu Chatterjee

     
   

P.S. Ravi

     
   

Indian English novel has undergone a significant development in keeping with recent trends in contemporary fiction worldwide. The book explores these developments in terms of themes and techniques through a selection of novels by three leading contemporary writers: Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Upamanuy Chatterjee. It focuses on the emergence of a new cosmopolitan consciousness through the study of a close interaction between the historio-political contexts and the individual and the resultant search for identity in a complex world.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-117-6

Rs. 400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Class and Caste in Literature

 
       
   

The Fiction of Stowe and Mulk Raj Anand

     
   

J. Bheemaiah

     
   

It is an interesting comparative study of African-American novelist Harriet Stowe and Indian novelist Mulk Raj Anand. It makes an in-depth study of slaves in America and untouchables in India, projected by the two writers in their works .

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-161-3

Rs. 400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Theme of Protest in Indian Fiction

 
       
   

H.A. Singh

     
   

The book discusses the theme of protest in the fiction of Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal and Anita Desai. Important issues like imperialism, exploitation of the poor and suppression of women constitute the subject of the book.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-150-2

Rs. 400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Indian Women Writers

 
       
   

R.K. Dhawan, ed.

     
   

India has contributed significantly to the world literature. This contribution of India has been chiefly through the Indian writing in English, women novelists in the forefront in this respect. The book comprises critical essays on contemporary writers, especially Arundhati Roy, Nayantara Sahgal, Ruth Jhabvala and Kamala Markandaya

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-109-5

Rs. 500 | USD 25

       
 
   
   

Comparative Indian Literature

 
       
   

C.R. Visweswara Rao & R.K. Dhawan

     
   

The first part of the book is devoted to theory: the definition of comparative Indian literature, feministic comparative approach, cross-cultural studies, Indian aesthetics of translation and other such areas. Rest of the book contains comparative studies of the Mahabharata , Malayalam and Oriya poetry, Marathi and Kannada fiction as well as specific works of R.K. Narayan, M.R. Anand, Raja Rao, Vikram Seth, Bhisham Sahni, Sri Aurobindo, T.S. Eliot and other writers.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-011-7

Rs. 500 | USD 25

       
 
   
   

Writers of the Indian Diaspora

 
       
   

R.K. Dhawan, ed.

     
   

In the recent years, a great body of fiction, written by writers of Indian origin, has emerged on the world literary scene. A large number of these diasporic writers have given expression to their creative urge and have brought credit to the Indian English fiction as a distinctive force. The volume comprises critical essays on some of the most significant writers, namely Salman Rushdie, Meena Alexander, Jhumpa Lahiri and Stephen Gill.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-111-7

Rs.400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Discussing Indian Women Writers

 
    Some Feminist Issues
     
   

Alessandro Monti and R.K. Dhawan, ed.

     
   

The central objective of the book is to discuss the theoretical investigations carried out by Indian women writers in their works and to arrive at a deeper understanding of feminist contentions. It discusses major Indian women writers including Anita Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Rama Mehta, Arundhati Roy, Manju Kapur, Kamala Das, Mahasweta Devi, who have given a graphic picture of Indian woman in their works.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-128-1

Rs.500 | USD 25

       
 
   
   

History-Fiction Interface:

    M.R. Anand, Nayantara Sahgal, Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor and O.V. Vijayan
     
   

T.N. Dhar

     
   

The book studies the Indian English novelist's involvement with history. It is based on the assumption that history-fiction connection is fascinating as well as culturally significant. The first two chapters discuss theoretical, methodological and historical issues related to the history-fiction interface. Later chapters provide a detailed analysis of the novels of M.R. Anand, Nayantara Sahgal, Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor and O.V. Vijayan, to illustrate the whole range of the variety in the novelist's use of history.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-059-5

Rs.500 | USD 25

       
 
   
   

History and Fiction:

     
   

Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Khushwant Singh & Mukul Kesavan Sudhendu Shekhar

     
   

The book examines how the novelists under discussion have drawn on history as the raw material of fiction. It offers a postmodernist approach to the novels of these writers.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-154-0

Rs.400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Travel Writing and Colonialism

     
   

Sachidananda Mohanty

     
   

In recent years, new developments in theory have elevated travel writing to the forefront of literary studies. Basing itself on some of these developments in an interdisciplinary framework, the book shows that a study of colonial travel can help us define some of our vexing postcolonial identities. The book makes a rich contribution to the domain of literature, travel writing and cross-cultural studies.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-146-X

Rs.400 | USD 20

       
 
   
   

Narrating Colonialism:

   

Postcolonial Images of the British in Indian English Fiction

     
    D. Maya
     
   

The book is an investigation into postcolonial reactions to the colonial experience as mirrored in the images of the British presented in Indian English fiction. Almost the entire range of post-Independence Indian English fiction from the works of Mulk Raj Anand to Salman Rushdie is brought within the canvas of the study.

       
    ISBN: 81-7551-029-3

Rs.400 | USD 20

       
   

Kanthapura to Malgudi

S. Xavier Alphonse

The book makes a scholarly attempt to examine the portrayal of South Indian culture in thirty-seven Indian English novels written by seven eminent authors: K.S. Venkataramani, K. Nagarajan, K. Markandaya, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, B. Rajan and Santha Rama Rau. The book evaluates critically the cultural values and assumptions such as the roles of womanhood, relationship, myths and puranas, the guru, religion, bhakti and proverbs.

ISBN: 81-7551-030-7                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Major Indian Novelists

K. Venkata Reddy

The book contains illuminating critical studies on the pioneers of the modern English novel namely, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Bhabani Bhattacharya and Kamala Markandaya.

ISBN: 81-85218-29-3                      Rs. 200 | USD 10


50 Years of Indian Writing

R.K. Dhawan, ed.

Several writers through Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai, Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad, Nirad Chaudhari, Mahasweta Devi hold centrestage in the contemporary scenario. The post-1947 period indeed has registered a remarkable growth, especially in the area of fiction. The volume is a tribute to the post-independence Indian writing, in its multi-faceted aspects.

ISBN: 81-7551-067-6                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Five Great Indian Novels: A Discourse Analysis

Ashok Thorat

The main objective of the study is to show how discourse analysis is primarily an analysis of language in use. This implies that the analysis is done at two levels: linguistic and pragmatic. An attempt is made to analyse the language of the characters in their social interaction, with reference to five major Indian novels, namely, Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable , Raja Rao's Kanthapura , Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan , Rama Mehta's Inside the Haveli and Chaman Nahal's Azadi .

ISBN: 81-7551-073-7                      Rs. 500 | USD 25


Gandhian Ideology & Indian Novel

A.V. Subba Rayudu

Mahatma Gandhi has been regarded, by common consent, the greatest man of the twentieth century. Major writers like Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Manohar Malgonkar and Nayantara Sahgal have given expression to Gandhian thought and philosophy in their fiction. The present book examines the impact of Gandhi on Chaman Nahal, eminent contemporary novelist and the winner of prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Azadi .

ISBN: 81-7551-075-7                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Comparative Perspectives on Indian Literature

A. Ramakrishna Rao, ed.

The volume deals with some significant texts and themes in Indian writing. A few of the critical assessments have a comparative bias. Writers like Gandhi, Raja Rao, M.R. Anand, R.K. Narayan, Ruth Jhabvala, Kamala Markandaya, Sri Aurobindo, V. Satyanarayana are discussed with reference to specific texts.

ISBN: 81-85218-64-1                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Studies in Indian Writing in English

P. Bayapa Reddy

The focus of this study is on Indian Drama in English, with special reference to Nissim Ezekiel, Asif Currimbhoy and Girish Karnad. The novelists discussed are Kamala Markandaya, Manohar Malgonkar, Salman Rushdie.

ISBN: 81-85218-26-9                      Rs. 200 | USD 10


Indian Writing Today

C.R. Visweswara Rao

The book offers perspectives on a number of contemporary writers. The approaches range from psychoanalysis to stylistic analysis, from political allegory to the women's question, in the works of A.K. Ramanujan, Kamala Das, Rabindranath Tagore, Badal Sircar, Girish Karnad, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, K. Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal & Shashi Deshpande.

ISBN: 81-85218-35-8                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


New Perspectives on Indian Writing

Narendra Kumar, ed.

In the post-Independence era, Indian English poetry and fiction have won universal recognition. Ezekiel, Ramanujan and Kamala Das in poetry, and M.R. Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Anita Desai and Salman Rushdie in fiction are being assessed both at home and abroad. The novels of promising writers like Shashi Tharoor, Vikram Seth, Indira Ganesan and Firdaus Kanga offer fresh perspectives.

ISBN: 81-7551-027-7                      Rs. 300 |  USD 15


Fiction of the Nineties

Veena Noble Dass & R.K. Dhawan, ed

The book introduces to the wider audience some of the significant novels published in India and elsewhere in the 1990s. The richness and diversity of the new writing is represented in the fiction of Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Gita Mehta, Shobha De, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, Yasmine Gooneratne, Bapsi Sidhwa, Miles Franklin and others.

ISBN: 81-85218-90-0                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Indian Writing in the New Millennium

R.K Dhawan, ed.

Indian writing in English, including literature in translation, has come of age. Since 1981 when Rushdie's Midnight's Children received the Booker prize, Indian novelists have achieved spectacular success. A number of them, including Anita Desai, Vikram Seth, Shashi Tharoor, Vikram Chandra, Arundhati Roy and Manju Kapur have emerged as major literary figures on the international scene. Likewise, Indian literature in regional languages has registered a remarkable growth, and several writers like U.R. Anantha Murthy, Mahasweta Devi, Quarratulain Hyder and Girish Karnad have been adequately translated into English.

ISBN: 81-7551-090-0                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Dalit Literature and African-American Literature

N.M. Aston, ed.

The book deals with the literature of two marginalized groups of people, namely, the Indian Dalits and the American Blacks. Both Dalit writers in India and African-American writers in the US have given expression in their writings to the protest against the established order of society that discriminates one man from another on the basis of caste, colour and religion.

ISBN: 81-7551-116-8                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Point of View: A Personal Response to Life, Literature and Politics

Nayantara Sahgal

The book brings together Nayantara Sahgal's public addresses at literary conferences, and a varied selection of her published articles, her novels, her personal life and her comments on the Indian scene.

ISBN: 81-7551-017-X                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Man-Woman Relationship in Indian Fiction

Seema Suneel

The book critically examines the treatment of the theme of man-woman relationship in Indian fiction, with special reference to three contemporary novels—Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terrors , Syed Abdul Malik's The Tale of a Nomadic Soul and Rajendra Awasthy's The Creeping Shadows .

ISBN: 81-85218-98-6                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


Style in Indian English Fiction

Z.N. Patil

The book analyzes some Indian novelists in terms of the operation of the principles of textual and interpersonal pragmatics. The illustrative material is drawn from the novels of Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Khushwant Singh, Ahmed Ali, Humayun Kabir, Bhabani Bhattacharya, Rama Mehta, Chaman Nahal, Manohar Malgonkar, Sasthi Brata, Jai Nimbkar, Balraj Khanna, Salman Rushdie and others.

ISBN: 81-85218-85-4                     Rs. 400 | USD 20


Indian English Phonology

N. Gopalakrishnan Nair

Teaching the skills of oral communication is an important aspect of language teaching. The book focuses on certain aspects of language teaching which have long been neglected by the curriculum planners, syllabus designers, text book writers and evaluators.

ISBN: 81-7551-008-0                      Rs. 200 | USD 10


Indian English Literature since Independence

K. Ayyappa Paniker, ed.

Indian English literature since Independence reflects a rich diversity. The book makes an intensive study of the works of the writers like Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai and Salman Rushdie who have helped in shaping the modern Indian Writing in English.

ISBN: 81-85218-33-1                     Rs. 300 | USD 15


Recent Indian Fiction

R.S. Pathak, ed.

The volume aims at evaluating thematic preoccupations, fictional form and narrative techniques of the Indian novel of the 1980s and the 1990s in a systematic way. The writers discussed are: Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Vikram Seth, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Shashi Tharoor, Amit Chaudhuri, Allan Sealy, Farrukh Dhondy, Nina Sibal, Shashi Deshpande, Bharati Mukherjee, Namita Gokhale.

ISBN: 81-85218-81-1                      Rs. 400 |USD 20


Charles Dickens and Premchand: Novelists with a Social Purpose

Pramila Batra

Both Premchand and Dickens felt inspired by a humanitarian zeal and their reformative fervour to combat the injustice and the oppression to which certain individuals and segments of society were subjected, in their respective times. The book makes a comparative study of Dickens and Premchand, the two great writers known for their passion and compassion for humanity.

ISBN: 81-7551-101-X                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


The Political Novels of Milan Kundera and O.V. Vijayan: A Comparative Study

C. Gopinathan Pillai

The book compares the fiction of Milan Kundera and O.V. Vijayan in an illuminating and original manner. Both Kundera and Vijayan are concerned with problems posed by societies, exposed to totalitarianism. Abuse of political power was endemic to both post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia and post-Nehruvian India. The method of juxtaposition adopted by the author while analysing the novels of Kundera and Vijayan leads to interesting new cross-cultural findings.

ISBN: 81-7551-015-3                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


Jhumpa Lahiri: The Master Storyteller

Suman Bala, ed.

Jhumpa Lahiri, recipient of the coveted Pulitzer award for her collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies , and the writer of the novel Namesake , is a voice of Indo-American origin. She may be considered a writer of Indian diaspora. Through her characters, she tells us about the human conditions that have universal resonance in her immigrant identity that forms the core of her stories.

ISBN: 81-7551-125-7                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Image of the New Woman in the Presentation of Love and Sex in the Novels of Ruth Jhabvala

Hilda David

Ruth Jhabvala, the eminent Indian English novelist, is best known for her novel Heat and Dust . The present book critically examines the theme of man-woman relationship, homosexuality, lesbianism and the third sex in her major novels.

ISBN: 81-7551-062-5                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


Shashi Deshpande's Fiction: A Study in Women Empowermentand Postcolonial Discourse

P.G. Joshi

The status of women all over the world has undergone a rapid change in the recent decades. The book aims at analyzing Shashi Deshpande's novels in the light of postcolonial and feminist theories. It takes into account all the novels of Deshpande.

ISBN: 81-7551-133-8                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


The Novels of Shashi Deshpande in Postcolonial Arguments

Mrinalini Sebastian

This book analyses some of the arguments of major postcolonial thinkers such as Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Homi K. Bhabha. It discusses the possibility of postcolonial readings of literary texts and presents the novels of Shashi Deshpande in a postcolonial framework.

ISBN: 81-7551-078-1                      Rs. 500 | USD 25


A Feminist Perspective on the Novels of Shashi Deshpande

Y.S. Sunita Reddy

The book presents Shashi Deshpande as a feminist writer focussing on all her novels. It reveals Deshpande's instinctive ability to articulate the feelings of the contemporary, urban, educated upper-middle-class woman who is caught in the transitional period between tradition and modernity.

ISBN: 81-7551-103-6                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Women in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande

Suman Bala, ed.

In her works, Shashi Deshpande depicts woman in myriad roles—wife, mother, daughter and an individual in her own right. The anthology brings together articles by eminent scholars on the subject and makes a rich contribution to the areas of Indian fiction, women's studies and sociology.

ISBN: 81-86256-07-5                      Rs. 300 | USD 15


Shashi Deshpande's That Long Silence : A Study

Santwana Haldar

Shashi Deshpande is the best-known Indian novelist today. The book discusses in detail her award-winning novel That Long Silence , covering all aspects.

ISBN: 81-7851-021-9                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


The Novels of Shashi Deshpande

Sarabjit K. Sandhu

The book makes an exhaustive study of the depiction of the image of woman in her novels The Dark Holds No Terrors , Roots and Shadows, That Long Silence .

ISBN: 81-85218-28-5                      Rs. 100 | USD 5


Novels of Shobha De

L. Sonia NIngthoujam

Shobha De is a contemporary novelist who presents the modern Indian woman at the centre of her fiction. This woman is bold, daring and ambitious. It is the image of this new woman that Shobha De presents in all her novels.

ISBN: 81-7551-171-0                      Rs. 400 | USD 20

Shobha De: Critical Studies

Jaydipsinh Dodiya

Shobha De has emerged as a major novelist on the Indian literary scene. From her first novel, Socialite Evenings , to the recently-published autobiographical work Speedpost , she has evolved as a sensitive writer. The book, comprising more than thirty critical essays, makes a pioneering attempt at exploring De's fictional world that has aroused so much curiosity and interest amongst the readers.

ISBN: 81-7551-079-X                      Rs. 500 | USD 25


The Fiction of Bharati Mukherjee

R.K. Dhawan, ed.

Bharati Mukherjee is at her best in the depiction of cultural clash between the East and the West. She has indeed become a celebrity for her distinctive approach to expatriatehood as a metaphysical experience of exile. The book, the first of its kind on the novelist, makes a comprehensive attempt at evaluating various aspects of Mukherjee's fiction and her contribution to the study of immigrant writing and modern fiction.

ISBN: 81-7551-010-2                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


The Position of Woman in Kamala Markandaya's Novels

Lakshmi Kumari Sharma

Kamala Markandaya is known for an authentic portrayal of Indian social milieu and the woman's position in the Indian society. A study of her female protagonists reveals how the distortions in the economic and social order affect women more adversely than men. Her women emerge out of darkness, throwing off their legacy of humiliation, dependence & resignation, and reaching out for an equitable share of man's worldly and spiritual good.

ISBN: 81-7551-094-3                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


The Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Jhabvala

Rekha Jha

The book discusses the East-West encounter in all its ramifications in the writings of the two novelists. The study encompasses, adopting a comparative approach, all the major novels including Kamala Markandaya's A Silence of Desire, Possession, A Handful of Rice, Nectar in a Sieve and Ruth Jhabvala's Esmond in India, A Backward Place, Heat and Dust and Three Contin ents.

ISBN: 81-85218-15-3                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Sex and Violence in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya

Jyotsna Sahoo

Kamala Markandaya is commonly regarded as a traditional novelist who depicts the poor and rustics of rural India. Here is a book that absolutely demolishes this view. It reveals that Markandaya is best in her depiction of sex and violene and is precursor of modern Indian novel.

ISBN: 81-7551-170-2                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Arundhati Roy: The Novelist Extraordinary

R.K. Dhawan, ed.

Arundhati Roy has emerged as the most significant novelist on the contemporary literary scene. Perhaps no other Indian writer has reached won such enthusiastic response. Her novel The God of Small Things , the Booker Award winner, has been hailed as a modern classic. It is both interesting and rewarding to observe how readers situated in the wider world have responded to the novel. Eminent scholars from America, Canada, England, Italy, Germany, Australia, Sri Lanka, and from all parts of India have contributed to the richness and variety of the volume.

ISBN: 81-7551-060-9                      Rs. 500 | USD 25


The Fiction of Anita Desai (2 vols.)

Suman Bala & D.K. Pabby, ed.

Anita Desai is the most popular of the contemporary Indian women novelists. This anthology covers a critical response to the entire corpus of Anita Desai's fiction—from Cry, the Peacock to the recently-published collection of short stories Diamond Dust.

ISBN: 81-7551-126-5                      Rs. 1000 per set |USD 50


The Novels of Anita Desai

Usha Bande

Anita Desai is the foremost Indian novelist of the post-Independence era. A close reading of her novels reveals that her concern is with the exploration of human psyche. The book is the first study of its kind that assesses her characters in the light of Third Force Psychology.

ISBN: 81-85218-01-3                      Rs. 400 | USD 20


Form and Vision in the Novels of Anita Desai

Sandhyarani Dash

The book is an interpretative study of Anita Desai's novels from Cry, the Peacock to Baumgartner's Bombay . It examines various formal attributes of her novels vis-à-vis their themes and messages.

ISBN: 81-7551-000-5                      Rs. 200 | USD 10


Virginia Woolf and Anita Desai A Comparative Study

Asha Kanwar

Virginia Woolf and Anita Desai are two great artists in the realm of fiction. It is rewarding to investigate into the works of the two authors belonging to different ages & different cultures but having striking similarities.

ISBN: 81-85218-07-2                      Rs. 100 | USD 5

The Novels of Bapsi Sidhwa

R.K. Dhawan and Novy Kapadia, ed.

The book is a collection of lively and deeply researched essays on the novels of Bapsi Sidhwa. There is multiplicity of themes in her novels, The Crow Eaters, Ice-Candy-Man, The Bride and An American Brat .

ISBN: 81-85218-65-X                      Rs. 400 | USD 20

Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy-Man

Rashmi Gaur

The the first part by the editor offers a comprehensive introduction to Bapsi Sidhwa and her partition novel Ice-Candy Man along with an in-depth analysis of the text; the second part carries scholarly articles by eminent critics on various aspects of the novel.

ISBN: 81-7851-011-1                      Rs.