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Summary Book and excerpt The Crow Eaters :
Download or Read book The Crow Eaters written by Bapsi Sidhwa and published by . This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis:
Summary Book and excerpt The Crow Eaters :
Download or Read book The Crow Eaters written by Bapsi Sidhwa and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Faredoon (Freddie) Junglewalla is either the jewel of the Parsi community or a murdering scoundrel. Freddie???s mother-in-law, Jerbanoo, thinks he is planning to do away with her, but Freddie has always been a pragmatist: if the old woman were to die (be murdered?) the body would have to be placed on the open-roofed Towers of Silence, in keeping with custom, and that would never do. Insurance fraud and arson, however, are well within Freddie???s repertoire???in fact he thinks he has invented the idea, so advanced is it for India, in 1901. As his ???skills??? grow he becomes a man of consequence among the Parsis, with people travelling thousands of miles to see him in Lahore, especially if they wish to escape tight spots they have got themselves into. In this wickedly comic novel, the celebrated author of Ice-Candy Man takes us into the heart of the Parsi community, portraying its varied customs and traits with contagious humour.
Summary Book and excerpt The Crow Eaters :
Download or Read book The Crow Eaters written by Ben Stubbs and published by NewSouth Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: ‘Ben Stubbs uncovers the sheer delight and surprise of discovering what’s in your own backyard.’ — Bob Byrne, author of Adelaide Remember When and Australia Remember When Outsiders think of South Australia as being different, without really knowing much about it. Combining his own travel across the million-square kilometres of the state with an investigation of its history, Ben Stubbs seeks to find out what South Australia is really like. In the spirit of the best travel writing and literary non-fiction, he lingers in places of quiet beauty and meets some memorable people. Along the way he debunks most of the clichés that plague the state. Travelling to Maralinga, Ceduna, Kangaroo Island, the Flinders Ranges, Coober Pedy, the storied Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth and the once-mighty river that is the Murray, Stubbs brings this diverse state to life. He even addresses head-on the question ‘Is South Australia weird?’ Readers will find it hard to resist the book’s implicit invitation to take a look at places much closer to home, to take the time to drink in dramatic landscapes that are slow, deep and speckled with unforgettable characters. ‘Takes you where the silence is massive and the beauty unexpected.’ — Christopher Kremmer ‘Out beyond the vineyards and the festivals that everyone knows, Ben Stubbs finds tales of South Australia’s beauties and dangers: great white sharks and megafauna fossils, opal mines and limestone caves, nuclear tests and murderous camels, 19th century settler towns and timeless Aboriginal stories.’ — Kerryn Goldsworthy, author ofAdelaide
Summary Book and excerpt The Crow Eaters :
Download or Read book The Crow Eaters written by Bapsi Sidhwa and published by . This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Moving from their ancestral village to the bustling city of Lahore, Faredoon Jungewalla and his family must learn how to thrive under British rule while keeping peace with his Hindu and Muslim neighbors. Reprint.
Summary Book and excerpt The Crow Eaters :
Download or Read book The Crow Eaters written by Ben Stubbs and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Outsiders think of South Australia as being different, without really knowing much about it. Combining his own travel across the million-square kilometres of the state with an investigation of its history, Ben Stubbs seeks to find out what South Australia is really like. In the spirit of the best travel writing and literary non-fiction, he lingers in places of quiet beauty and meets some memorable people. Along the way he debunks most of the cliches that plague the state. Travelling to Maralinga, Ceduna, Kangaroo Island, the Flinders Ranges, Coober Pedy, the storied Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth and the once-mighty river that is the Murray, Stubbs brings this diverse state to life. He even addresses head-on the question 'Is South Australia weird?' Readers will find it hard to resist the book's implicit invitation to take a look at places much closer to home, to take the time to drink in dramatic landscapes that are slow, deep and speckled with unforgettable characters.
Summary Book and excerpt South Asian Novelists in English :
Download or Read book South Asian Novelists in English written by Jaina C. Sanga and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Profiles more than fifty novelists from South Asia and discusses each author's major works, literary themes, and critical reception.
Summary Book and excerpt Bapsi Sidhwa :
Download or Read book Bapsi Sidhwa written by Randhir Pratap Singh and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Study on the novels of Bapsi Sidhwa, b. 1936, Pakistani English novelist.
Summary Book and excerpt Post-colonial Women Writers :
Download or Read book Post-colonial Women Writers written by Sunita Sinha and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis:
Summary Book and excerpt Asian American Novelists :
Download or Read book Asian American Novelists written by Emmanuel Sampath Nelson and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: As a distinct area of literary study, Asian American literature now enjoys a level of critical recognition that was unimaginable when academic interest in the field began modestly some 25 years ago. Part of this recognition stems from the increasing contributions of Asian American novelists, whose works continue to capture growing levels of popular attention. This reference book provides alphabetically arranged entries for 70 Asian American novelists. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a short biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the novelist's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. In addition, the volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography.
Summary Book and excerpt The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 :
Download or Read book The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 written by Guiyou Huang and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945
Summary Book and excerpt Major Minorities :
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Summary Book and excerpt South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain :
Download or Read book South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain written by Ruvani Ranasinha and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: South Asian Writers in Twentieth-Century Britain is the first book to provide a historical account of the publication and reception of South Asian anglophone writing from the 1930s to the present, based on original archival research drawn from a range of publishing houses. This comparison of succeeding generations of writers who emigrated to, or were born in, Britain examines how the experience of migrancy, the attitudes towards migrant writers in the literary market place, and the critical reception of them, changed significantly throughout the twentieth century. Ranasinha shows how the aesthetic, cultural, and political context changed significantly for each generation, producing radically different kinds of writing and transforming the role of the postcolonial writer of South Asian origin. The extensive use of original materials from publishers' archives shows how shifting political, academic, and commercial agendas in Britain and North America influenced the selection, content, presentation, and consumption of many of these texts. The differences between writers of different generations can thus in part be understood in terms of the different demands of their publishers and expectations of readers in each decade. Writers from different generations are paired accordingly in each chapter: Nirad Chaudhuri (1897-1999) with Tambimuttu (1915-83); Ambalavener Sivanandan (born 1923) with Kamala Markandaya (born 1924); Salman Rushdie (born 1947) with Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944); and Hanif Kureishi (born 1954) with Meera Syal (born 1963). Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, Attia Hosain, V.S Naipaul, and Aubrey Menen are also discussed.
Summary Book and excerpt Shaping the World :
Download or Read book Shaping the World written by Manju Kapur and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves addresses these very questions. The array of formidable writers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – acclaimed both nationally and internationally – share their insecurities and triumphs that occurred on their journeys to becoming writers. Was it easy? The answer is No. Many of them were closet writers, not sharing their writings with the world. Writing was no career, they were told. But they persevered. And they wrote. Because they had to. Because it was their calling. The writers reveal their inspirations: be it another writer, a personal tragedy, or triumph, a fascination with the English language, or a passion for putting pen to paper and finding wings. Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves is an anthology of intimate, honest and brave accounts that will provide the reader with an insight into the realm of writing: its adventurous terrain of highs and lows and how it continues to shape these 24 women and the world we all inhabit. The contributors are: Ameena Hussein (www.ameenahussein.com), Amruta Patil (www.amrutapatil.blogspot.in), Anita Nair (www.anitanair.net), Anjum Hasan (www.anjumhasan.com), Anuradha Marwah, Bapsi Sidhwa (www.bapsisidhwa.com), Bina Shah (www.binashah.net), Jaishree Misra (www.jaishreemisra.com), Janice Pariat (www.janicepariat.com), Kavery Nambisan (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kavery-Nambisan/671608229544955), Lavanya Sankaran (www.lavanyasankaran.com), Maniza Naqvi, Manju Kapur (www.manjukapur.com), Meira Chand (www.meirachand.com), Mishi Saran (www.mishisaran.com), Moni Mohsin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moni_Mohsin), Namita Devidayal, Ru Freeman (www.rufreeman.com), Shashi Deshpande (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande), Shinie Antony, Susan Visvanathan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Visvanathan), Tania James (www.taniajames.com), Tishani Doshi (www.tishanidoshi.com)
Summary Book and excerpt South Asian Partition Fiction in English :
Download or Read book South Asian Partition Fiction in English written by Rituparna Roy and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Dit boek is een literaire studie naar Zuid-Aziatische Engelstalige fictie vanaf midden jaren vijftig tot de late jaren tachtig over de afscheiding van Pakistan en Bangladesh van India, oftewel de Partitie. Het is een fascinerend verhaal over het ontstaan van een nieuw literair genre. Romanschrijvers van verschillende generaties geven hun kijk op dit beslissende moment in de Zuid-Aziatische geschiedenis. In het begin beschreven zij de catastrofe, later werd er meer getheoretiseerd. Aan de hand van zes romans, van onder andere Salman Rushdie, laat Roy zien welke factoren bepalend zijn geweest voor de grote thema's en verhaallijnen in deze romans.
Summary Book and excerpt Encyclopedia of the American Novel :
Download or Read book Encyclopedia of the American Novel written by Abby H. P. Werlock and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 4202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Praise for the print edition:" ... no other reference work on American fiction brings together such an array of authors and texts as this.
Summary Book and excerpt Parsi English Novel :
Download or Read book Parsi English Novel written by Jaydipsinh Dodiya and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Study conducted in Kanchipuram, Dindigul, Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, India.
Summary Book and excerpt Interviews with Writers of the Post-colonial World :
Download or Read book Interviews with Writers of the Post-colonial World written by Feroza F. Jussawalla and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/Synopsis: Interviews with third-world and Chicano authors speaking about their place in the literary canon
