| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages) |
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Introduction; MEENA ALEXANDER (1951- ); MULK RAJ ANAND (1905- ); ANJANA APPACHANA (1972- ); JEAN ARASANAYAGAM (1930- ); VIKRAM CHANDRA (1961- ); UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE (1959- ); AMIT CHAUDHURI (1962- ); NIRAD CHANDRA CHAUDHURI (1897-1999); KAMALA DAS (1934- ); ANITA DESAI (1937- ); SHASHI DESHPANDE (1938- ); FARRUKH DHONDY (1944- ); CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI (1956- ); INDIRA GANESAN (1960- ); ZULFIKAR GHOSE (1935- ); AMITAV GHOSH (1956- ); YASMINE GOONERATNE (1935- ); JAMES GOONEWARDENE (1921-1997); ROMESH GUNESEKERA (1954- ); SUNETRA GUPTA (1965- ); KAIZAD GUSTAD (1968- ) |
| Summary |
With the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, ̂IMidnight's Children̂R in 1981, followed by the unprecedented popularity of his subsequent works, the cinematic adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's ̂IThe English Patient, ̂R 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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Authors, South Asian -- Biography
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Indic fiction (English) -- South Asian authors
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Indic fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Authors, South Asian
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Indic fiction (English)
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Romanschrijvers.
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Engels.
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sanga, Jaina C., 1961-
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| ISBN |
0313016968 |
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9780313016967 |
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1280908769 |
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9781280908767 |
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9786610908769 |
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6610908761 |
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