Emergency and the Indian English Novel
This book examines the cultural trauma of the Indian Emergency through a reading of five seminal novels. It discusses the Emergency as an event that prompted the writing of several notable novels attempting to preserve the silenced and fading memory of its human rights violations and suspension of democracy.
The author reads works by Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal and Rohinton Mi...
This book examines the cultural trauma of the Indian Emergency through a reading of five seminal novels. It discusses the Emergency as an event that prompted the writing of several notable novels attempting to preserve the silenced and fading memory of its human rights violations and suspension of democracy.
The author reads works by Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal and Rohinton Mi...
