Mirrorwork 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997
by Rushdie, Salman; West, ElizabethFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-08-15
Publisher(s): Picador
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Summary
This unique anthology presents thirty-two selections by Indian authors writing in English over the past half-century. Selected by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West, these novel excerpts, stories, and memoirs illuminate wonderful writing by authors often overlooked in the West. Chronologically arranged to reveal the development of Indian literature in English, this volume includes works by Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal, Saadat Hasan Manto, G.V. Desani, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Kamala Markandaya, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Ved Mehta, Anita Desai, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Satyajit Ray, Salman Rushdie, Padma Perera, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Rohinton Mistry, Bapsi Sidhwa, I. Allan Sealy, Shashi Tharoor, Sara Suleri, Firdaus Kanga, Anjana Appachana, Amit Chaudhuri, Amitav Ghosh, Githa Hariharan, Gita Mehta, Vikram Seth, Vikram Chandra, Ardashir Vakil, Mukul Kesavan, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai.
Author Biography
Salman Rushdie is the author of six novels: Grimus, Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, and one work of short stories titled East, West. He has also published four works of nonfiction: The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, The Wizard of Oz, and Mirrorwork (co-edited with Elizabeth West).
Elizabeth West is a freelance editor.
Elizabeth West is a freelance editor.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Tryst with Destiny | p. 3 |
| With Pride and Prejudice | p. 5 |
| Toba Tek Singh | p. 25 |
| All about H. Hatterr | p. 32 |
| My Birthplace | p. 59 |
| Hunger | p. 79 |
| The Liar | p. 94 |
| Fellow-Feeling | p. 100 |
| Activities and Outings | p. 107 |
| Games at Twilight | p. 119 |
| In the Mountains | p. 127 |
| Big Bill | p. 145 |
| The Perorated Sheet | p. 160 |
| Dr Salaam | p. 178 |
| The Assassination of Indira Gandhi | p. 198 |
| The Collectors | p. 211 |
| Ranna's Story | p. 237 |
| The Trotter-Nama | p. 250 |
| A Raj Quartet | p. 284 |
| Meatless Days | p. 293 |
| Trying to Grow | p. 315 |
| Sharmaji | p. 344 |
| Sandeep's Visit | p. 366 |
| Nashawy | p. 394 |
| The Remains of the Feast | p. 406 |
| The Teacher's Story | p. 413 |
| A Suitable Boy | p. 435 |
| Shakti | p. 450 |
| Unforced Errors | p. 485 |
| One and a Half | p. 497 |
| Abhilash Talkies | p. 512 |
| Strange Happenings in the Guava Orchard | p. 535 |
| Biographical Notes | p. 545 |
| Aknowledgements | p. 551 |
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