Selected Pre-Post Independence Indian Fiction in English

Contents: Preface. 1. Kanthapura. 2. Untouchable touch. 3. Touchable touchstone. 4. Raju the guide. 5. Narayan's naivety. 6. The irony of God's small things. 7. Loss inherited. 8. Malady melodious. Bibliography. The six selected Indian writers of pre-Independence India and post Independence India are by selection in even poise, the authors too represent not only their individuality of style but also their responses as well to Indian life as it changes over the years on either side of the watershed of Independence. (jacket)