Indian Women Novelists in English
Contents: Preface. 1. Voice and vision of Nayantara Sahgal as reflected in her novels/Harin Majithia. 2. Beyond cultural bounds: women\'s plight in Anita Desai\'s fasting, feasting/Fatima Sugarwala. 3. Use and abuse in familial relationships as depicted by Anita Desai in fasting, feasting/Sima Gida. 4. The unpleasant and unbearable consequences of inter-racial marriage in Anita Desai\'s Bye Bye Blackbird/Bipin R. Parmar. 5. Feminism in Shashi Deshpande\'s Roots and Shadows/Krishna Daiya. 6. Gita Mehta\'s A River Sutra: a voyage from Siva\'s Anutava and Siva-Tattva to Paramsiva/Nidhi Tiwari. 7. Enchantment and non enchantment with England in Anita Desa\'s Bye Bye Blackbird/Nayan D. Tank. 8. Thematic concerns in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala\'s Heat and Dust/Twinkle B. Manavar. 9. The Namesake: account of a name, looking for its bearer/Suchita Joshi. 10. The female characters in "The God of Small Things" and their struggle for existence/Chetan Upadhyay. Index.
"Indian women novelists in English edited by Prof. P.D. Bheda is a unique collection of critical essays on Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, Gita Mehta, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Jhumpa Lahiri.
The present book, comprising critical essays by eminent scholars, is a pioneering attempt at the critical evaluation of the novels of women novelists writing in English. An attempt has been made to study various aspects of leading women novelists writing in English. This book will be useful for those who wish to study Indian women novelists in English." (jacket)
