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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780902903321

Titolo

South Asian novelists in English [[electronic resource] ] : an A-to-Z guide / / edited by Jaina C. Sanga ; Emmanuel S. Nelson, advisory editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-90876-9

9786610908769

0-313-01696-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SangaJaina C. <1961->

Disciplina

820.9/954

B

Soggetti

Authors, South Asian

Indic fiction (English) - South Asian authors

Indic fiction (English) - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 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- )

MOHSIN HAMID (1971- )GITHA HARIHARAN (1957- ); RAJ KAMAL JHA (1966- ); FIRDAUS KANGA (1961- ); MANJU KAPUR (1949?- ); MUKUL KESAVAN (1957- ); ADIB KHAN (1949- ); CHANDANI LOKUGE (19??- ); MANOHAR MALGONKAR (1913- ); KAMALA MARKANDAYA (1935- ); GITA MEHTA (1943- ); VED MEHTA (1934- ); PANKAJ MISHRA (1969- ); ROHINTON MISTRY (1952- ); BHARATI MUKHERJEE (1940- ); KIRAN NAGARKAR (1942- ); SUNITI NAMJOSHI (1941- ); KIRIN NARAYAN (1959- ); R. K. NARAYAN (1906-2001); MICHAEL ONDAATJE (1943- );



VICTOR RANGEL-RIBEIRO (1925- ); RAJA RAO (1910- ); ARUNDHATI ROY (1960- ); SALMAN RUSHDIE (1947- )

NAYANTARA SAHGAL (1927- )I. ALLAN SEALY (1951- ); SHYAM SELVADURAI (1965- ); VIKRAM SETH (1952- ); BULBUL SHARMA (1952- ); BAPSI SIDHWA (1938- ); KHUSHWANT SINGH (1915- ); SARA SULERI (1953- ); MANIL SURI (1959- ); SHASHI THAROOR (1956- ); ARDASHIR VAKIL (1962- ); MOYEZ G.VASSANJI (1950- ); Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

With the publication of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, ^IMidnight's Children^R 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