Babu Fictions: Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Novels

By Tabish Khair

Book Overview

This book presents readings of contemporary Indian fiction in English, using "discourse" and class divisions in "Babu-Coolie" terms. It includes analyses of writings by such eminent authors as R. K. Narayan, Raja Rao, V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Amitav Ghosh and others.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195679032
• ISBN13: 9780195679038
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.