Download or read book The Shifting Worlds of Kiran Nagarkar s Fiction written by Yasmeen Lukmani and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of India's leading writers, and also one of its most unpredictable, Kiran Nagarkar's writing has a timeless quality. The intention of this book is to unravel Nagarkar's craft and vision and thus enhance the reader's enjoyment through essays by some of the leading scholars and writers from India and abroad.
Download or read book The Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market written by O. Dwivedi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature.
Download or read book Seven Sixes are Forty Three written by Kiran Nagarkar and published by Katha. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It s a complex universe that Kiran Nagarkar leads us into. Seven Sixes are Forty Three explores the dimensions of relationships in terms of an empty physicality and loneliness as an inherent element in modern lives. Translated by Subha Slee, the novel s quest for compatibility is inspiring.
Download or read book Ravan and Eddie written by Kiran Nagarkar and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ravan and Eddie are the unlikeliest of companions. For one thing, Ravan is Hindu, while Eddie is Catholic. For another, when Ravan was a baby and fell from a balcony, that fall had a dramatic, and very literal, impact on Eddie’s family. But Ravan and Eddie both live in Central Works Department Chawl No. 17—and if you grow up in the crowded Mumbai chawls, you get to participate in your neighbors' lives, whether you like it or not. As we watch the two unlikely heroes of Kiran Nagarkar's acclaimed novel rocket out of the starting blocks of their lives, leaving earth-mothers and absentee fathers, cataclysms and rock ’n’ roll in their wake, we're compelled to sit up and take notice. Recently selected by The Guardian as one of the ten best novels about Mumbai, Ravan and Eddie is a comic masterpiece about two larger- and truer-than-life characters and their bawdy, Rabelaisian adventures in postcolonial India. It is also a timeless journey of self-discovery, a quest for the meaning of guilt and responsibility, sin and sex, crime and punishment.
Download or read book Cuckold written by Kiran Nagarkar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within Mewar itself. who will inherit the throne after the death of the Maharana? The course of history, not just of Mewar but of the whole of India, is about to be changed forever.At the centre of Cuckold is the narrator, heir apparent of Mewar, who questions the codes, conventions and underlying assumptions of the feudal world of which he is a part, a world in which political and personal conduct are dictated by values of courage, valour and courtesy; and death is preferable to dishonour.A quintessentially Indian story, Cuckold has an immediacy and appeal that are truely universal.
Download or read book Jasoda written by Kiran Nagarkar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Jasoda is as compelling and powerful as Nagarkar's other novels but uniquely itself in the gut-wrenching story it tells of the sordid uses of power, the suffering it causes, and the human spirit that rises above it.' -- Nayantara Sahgal 'Nagarkar's storytelling genius takes us into the abyss of poverty and patriarchy -- source of both inspiration and shame. Jasoda's brutal but transformative journey is the foil to counterfeit historical grandeur. With empathy turned to prose of pure steel, Nagarkar paints a modern Indian heroine.' -- Mitali Saran 'A novel that stops your breath and doesn't let go until you get to the end. Jasoda: mother, murderer or saint? You'll want to put her down. But she won't let you.' -- Manjula Padmanabhan 'No one can spin a yarn with such rollicking exuberance as Kiran Nagarkar, and no one exposes contemporary India's dark underbelly, in all its casual brutality, like him. Jasoda is a tour-de-force of razor-sharp observation and profound compassion, brilliantly realized.' --Ritu Menon Paar -- 'mirage' country, where it is often impossible to draw the line between reality and illusion -- has been suffering from a decade-long drought. Jasoda is one of the last to leave this 'arse-end of the world' with her children and mother-in-law. Since her husband claims he has important work to do for the local prince, Jasoda must make the journey to the city by the sea on her own. Meanwhile, after years of anonymity, Paar seems poised to take off. Will Jasoda return home with her children? Or stay in the city that's become home for her children? It's taken for granted that epic journeys and epics were possible only during the time of the Mahabharata, the Odyssey, or the Iliad. Even more to the point, the heroes of the epics had to, perforce, be men. The eponymous Jasoda of the novel is about to prove how wrong the assumptions are. Kiran Nagarkar's trenchant narrative traces the journey of a woman of steely resolve and gumption, making her way through an India that is patriarchal, feudal, seldom in the news, and weighed down by dehumanizing poverty.
Download or read book God s Little Soldier written by Kiran Nagarkar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's Little Soldier From the backstreets of Bombay to the hallowed halls ofCambridge, from the mountains of Afghanistan to a monastery inCalifornia, the story of Zia Khan is an extraordinary rollercoasterride; a compelling cliffhanger of a spiritual quest, about a goodman gone bad and the brutalization of his soul. Growing up in a well-to-do, cultured Muslim family in Bombay,Zia, a gifted young mathematician, is torn between theunquestioning certainties of his aunt's faith and the tolerant,easy-going views of his parents. At Cambridge University, his beliefs crystallize into a ferventorthodoxy, which ultimately leads him to a terrorist training campin Afghanistan. The burden of endemic violence and killings,however, takes its toll on Zia. Tormented by his need forforgiveness, he is then drawn reluctantly to Christ. But peacecontinues to elude him, and Zia is once again driven to seek outcauses to defend and fight for, whatever be the sacrificesinvolved. Posited against Zia is his brother, Amanat, a writer whose lifeis severely constrained by sickness, even as his mind is liberatedby doubt. Theirs is a relationship that is as much a blood bond asit is an opaque wall of incomprehension. Weaving together thenarratives of the extremist and the liberal, God's Little Soldierunderscores the incoherent ambiguities of good and evil, and thetragic conflicts that have riven people and nations.
Download or read book The Indian National Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Contemporary Novel and the City written by S. Khanna and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the deeply divided terrain of the twentieth century city and its formative impact on narrative fiction. It focuses on two major 'world authors' at the two ends of the twentieth century who write, systematically, about the colonial and postcolonial cities they were born in: James Joyce and Dublin, and Salman Rushdie and Bombay.
Download or read book Indian National Bibliography written by B. S. Kesavan and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sailing through Stories Experiential Learning from the Works of Amitav Ghosh written by Dr. Pushkal Giri and published by Astitva Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sailing through Stories: Experiential Learning from the Works of Amitav Ghosh” invites readers on a captivating journey through the literary tapestry woven by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. The book emphasizes experiential learning in literature, forging personal connections to narratives. It explores Ghosh’s works, including “The Shadow Lines,” “The Calcutta Chromosome,” “The Sea of Poppies,” “The Glass Palace,” “The Hungry Tide,” and the Ibis Trilogy – “River of Smoke” and “Flood of Fire.” Applying experiential learning methodologies, the book encourages active engagement with characters, themes, and historical contexts. Readers reflect on personal growth and connect narratives to global issues. The transformative power of literature shines through, leaving a profound appreciation for Ghosh’s masterpieces. An indispensable guide for literature enthusiasts, educators, and those seeking immersive understanding of Ghosh’s works.
Download or read book A Life in Words written by Ismat Chugtai and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Life in Words, the first complete translation of Ismat Chughtais celebrated memoir Kaghazi hai Pairahan, provides a delightful account of several crucial years of her life. Alongside vivid descriptions of her childhood years are the conflicted experiences of growing up in a large Muslim family during the early decades of the twentieth century. Chughtai is searingly honest about her fight to get an education and the struggle to find her own voice as a writer. The result is a compellingly readable memoir by one of the most significant Urdu writers of all time.
Download or read book Milk Teeth written by Amrita Mahale and published by Context. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Download or read book A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love
