Mirrorwork 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997

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Format: 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Tryst with Destinyp. 3
With Pride and Prejudicep. 5
Toba Tek Singhp. 25
All about H. Hatterrp. 32
My Birthplacep. 59
Hungerp. 79
The Liarp. 94
Fellow-Feelingp. 100
Activities and Outingsp. 107
Games at Twilightp. 119
In the Mountainsp. 127
Big Billp. 145
The Perorated Sheetp. 160
Dr Salaamp. 178
The Assassination of Indira Gandhip. 198
The Collectorsp. 211
Ranna's Storyp. 237
The Trotter-Namap. 250
A Raj Quartetp. 284
Meatless Daysp. 293
Trying to Growp. 315
Sharmajip. 344
Sandeep's Visitp. 366
Nashawyp. 394
The Remains of the Feastp. 406
The Teacher's Storyp. 413
A Suitable Boyp. 435
Shaktip. 450
Unforced Errorsp. 485
One and a Halfp. 497
Abhilash Talkiesp. 512
Strange Happenings in the Guava Orchardp. 535
Biographical Notesp. 545
Aknowledgementsp. 551
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