Download or read book Arun Joshi Tradition and Modernity in The Foreigner and The Last Labyrinth written by P Bala S Devi and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tradition and modernity have by and large been at logerheads with each other. Most familiial and psychological issues seemingly arise from misconstrued notions of both, and lead to a lot of truoubles which could otherwise be avoided with ease. Arun Joshi makes a master stroke when it comes to expressing the turmoil and chaos that the world sees due to such a conflict. This book is a wonderful exposition of how Surinder and Som Bhaskar of The Foreigner and The Last Labyrinth strive to overcome the turmoil experienced by their conflict torn psyche and arrive at peace with themselves.
Download or read book Indian Writing in English written by Amar Nath Prasad and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Foreigner written by Arun Joshi and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foreigner is a story of a young man who is detached, almost alienated — a man who sees himself as a stranger wherever he lives or goes — in Kenya, where he is born, in England and USA where he is a student and in India where he finally settles down. His detachment transcends barriers of geography, nationality and culture. It propels him from one crisis to another, sucking in the wake several other people, including June, an attractive American with whom he has a short lived but passionate affair. The transitoriness associated with the word 'foreigner' permeates the novel and is handled with remarkable maturity reminding the reader of epoch-making The Outsider by Albert Camus. The protagonist's anguish at the meaninglessness of the human condition and the eventual release from the anxieties of life through karmayoga, the principle of action without attachment, add to the aesthetics of the work.
Download or read book Modern Indian Writing in English written by N. D. R. Chandra and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book Last Labyrinth written by Arun Joshi and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Labyrinth is a splendid novel — serious, disturbing, lyrical and irresistibly readable, a fascinating exploration into the turbulent inner world of a successful urban India. Som Bhaskar is a millionaire-industrialist, married to a woman of his choice who has borne him two children, yet relentlessly driven by undefined hunger which he unsuccessfully seeks to satisfy by possession — of an object, a business enterprise, a woman. Much like Saul Bellow's Henderson he is always crying, 'I want, I want, I want.' His search taken him from Bombay to Benares, at once holy and repellent — with its narrow, dirty lanes, dancing girls and a mystical aura. Amidst this contrasting juxtaposition of locales, the novel explores the meaning of life and death, illusion and reality, desire and resignation. Here is an eternally contemporary theme with all its complexities; the story's spiritual and sensuous dimensions are interwoven with great finesse making this novel a rare, unforgettable treat. 'The Last Labyrinth is considered an outstanding contribution to Indian English literature for its restless search for a meaning in human existence, its treatment of the multiple levels of reality, challenging narrative technique and an evocative use of language.' — Sahitya Akademi Award Citation 'The story is beautifully written... holds the reader's undivided attention to the finis.' — Khushwant Singh
Download or read book Writing in a Post colonial Space written by Surya Nath Pandey and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 1999 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Contemporary Creative Literature In English Is Marked By An Irresistible Urge To Look At Its Past And The Surrounding Realities From A Changed Perspective. The Remnants Of Colonial Rule Include Many A Deepening Wound Which Upset The Sensitive Artist To Redefine The Relationship Between The Empire Arid The Centre. In Fact, The Post-Colonial Space Is The Ongoing Project Of Analysing And Combatting Unequal Power, Structures. This Volume, Comprising Sixteen Perceptive Essays, Addresses Itself To The Multiple Intricacies Of The Post-Colonial Resistance. This Volume Focuses On The Diverse Strategies Of Sixteen Major Indian Writers Who Have Appropriated The Post-Colonial Space To Manifest Their Strong Animus Against The Erstwhile Hegemonic Power And Its Assumptions. Divided In Three Sections General, Author-Based And Text-Based The Essays Provide Marvellous Critiques Of Some Contemporary Indian Classics Like A Suitable Boy, A Matter Of Time, And The Great Indian Novel. The Contributors Include Senior English Faculties With Proven Expertise In The Third World Literature. The Volume Opens Up Fresh Vistas Of Critical Enquiry And Interpretation In Respect Of Contemporary Indian Literature In English.
Download or read book Women in Indo Anglian Fiction written by Naresh Kumar Jain and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Anthology Is A Study Of Women Characters In Indo-Anglian Fiction Spanning A Period That Begins With The Early Novels Of Narayan And Comes Up To Shama Futenhally'S Tara Lane (1993).
Download or read book The Strange Case of Billy Biswas written by Arun Joshi and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strange Case of Billy Biswas is a compellingly thought provoking novel. A novel in which the normal and the abnormal, the ordinary and the extraordinary, illusion and reality, resignation and desire rub shoulders. The protagonist, Billy Biswas, is a man of extraordinary passions. He has everything going for him — education, wealth, status, travel, and a loving wife. Yet his inner world is rocked by a groundswell of discontent. He is consumed by a restlessness which grows steadily... Characterised by great elan and sophistication, the narrative unfolds in quick succession, and would be hard to believe were it not related in such a matter of fact, down to earth manner. 'In Joshi's hands we are swept into the unknown...' — The Times Literary Supplement, London
Download or read book Arun Joshi s Novels written by Lokesh Kumar and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arun Joshi, 1939-1993, Indo-English novelist.
Download or read book The Novels of Arun Joshi written by Shankar Kumar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Book Is An Addition To The Study Of Arun Joshi S Novels In The Context Of The Theme Of The Crisis Of Identity In The Post-Modern World In The Wake Of Colonial Hangover, Economic Depression, Psychological Split-Up As Well As Existential Angst And Freedom Of Choice. The Major Characters In Joshi S Novels Find Themselves In A Predicament From Which They Find It Difficult To Get Disentangled. The One World Is Dead And The Other Powerless To Be Born. The Worldly Affluence Is Not Enough. The Escape From The Outer World To The Inner Keeps One Engaged. Bred On The Western Literary And Philosophical Obsession In Camus, Sartre, Malamud, And Other American Novelists, Joshi Finds It A Fashionable Craze To Write About The Crisis Of Identity Almost In The Same Vein In Which The Seventeenth Century English Authors Posed To Be Melancholy.
Download or read book Arun Joshi s Novels written by Siddhartha Sharma and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Book Seeks To Present Arun Joshi As A Novelist Of Great Merit And As An Author Of Rare Sensitivity. It Reveals His Instinctive Ability To Articulate The Feelings Of The Post-Independence Indians Trapped Between The Indian Ethos And Western Influences. It Also Reveals His Psychological Insight And Understanding Of The Inner Lives Of The Beleaguered Protagonists. The Study Has Been Made Comprehensive Enough To Reveal The Various Perspectives Of Joshi S Novels, Thereby Helping Research Scholars Whet Their Critical Faculties And Appreciate Arun Joshi S Originality As A Great Indian English Novelist.The Book Comprises Seven Chapters. The First Chapter Is On Modern Indian-English Novel And The Place Arun Joshi Holds In Its Context. The Subsequent Five Chapters Are Named After Arun Joshi S Five Novels. The Second Chapter, The Foreigner, Is About The Protagonist Sindi Oberoi S Loneliness And Feelings Of Anguish And Anxiety Born Of His Estrangement From His Environment, Tradition And His True Self. The Third Chapter, The Strange Case Of Billy Biswas, Is About The Protagonist Billy Biswas S Suffering From The Crisis Of Self, Problems Of Identity And His Quest For Fulfilment. The Fourth Chapter, The Apprentice, Is About Ratan Rathor, Who Feels Confused And Lost In A World Full Of Chaos, Corruption, Hypocrisy And Absurdity. The Fifth Chapter, The Last Labyrinth, Is About Som Bhaskar S Infatuation With Anuradha, And His Essential Anxiety And Mystical Urge For The Vitals Of Life. The Sixth Chapter, The City And The River, Is A Parable Of The Times, Which Also Explores If The World Indeed Belongs To God And To No One Else. The Seventh Chapter, The Summing-Up , Shows Why Arun Joshi Holds A Place Of Singular Distinction In Contemporary Indian Writing In English. Since Not Many Books, Reviews And Articles Have Been Written On Arun Joshi, This Book Will Prove Very Fruitful And Informative To The Research Scholars And Men With Critical Faculties.
Download or read book World Literature Today written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Apprentice written by Arun Joshi and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apprentice is a novel totally different in tone from all other novels and writings of Arun Joshi. The protagonist, Ratan Rathor, represents the quintessence Everyman — a contrast to other protagonists in so far as his intellectual level is much lower. An unsophisticated youth, jobless, he comes to the city in search of a career; unscrupulous and ready to prostitute himself for professional advancement. Seduced by materialistic values, he takes a bribe to clear a large lot of defective weapons. As a consequence, a brigadier, who is also his friend, has to desert his post and, to escape ignominy, commit suicide. A penitent Rathor, avoids confessing his guilt, but, tries to achieve redemption by cleaning the shoes of devotees, every morning, at a temple.
Download or read book The New Indian Novel in English written by Viney Kirpal and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study and critical analysis of the themes, the motifs, and characterization in the twentieth century Indian novel in English.
Download or read book The City and The River written by Arun Joshi and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City and The River is a political fable. Using an artistically satisfying combination of fantasy, prophecy, and a startlingly real vision of everyday politics, this novel is truly a parable of the times. The City is all cities. The River is the mother of cities. The Grand Master rules the city by the river and is determined to become its unchallenged King. Things move smoothly in this earthly Eden, till a strange prophecy is made by the palace astrologer. The learned man predicts the crowning of a new King in place of the Grand Master… With quiet humour and characteristic skill, Joshi plots the path of intrigue and corruption in high places. The Grandmaster is surrounded by a coterie of fawning councillors, whose sole aim is to remain in limelight and improve their hierarchical standing. The politics in the novel has unmistakable echoes of the Emergency period of 1974-75; acquisition of unlimited powers, presence of self-seeking sycophants, shadow of an heir apparent, and loss of individual freedom pose significant questions about identity, commitment and faith in a hostile society. The story is narrated in easy flowing prose blending political satire with philosophical and spiritual dimensions.
Download or read book The Novels of Kamala Markandaya and Arun Joshi written by A. Ajit Sinha and published by Abs Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of novels of Kamala Markandaya, b. 1924, and Arun Joshi, Indic fiction writers in English.
Download or read book Akademi Awarded Novels in English written by Mithilesh K. Pandey and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2003 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
