Rohinton Mistry: An Introduction

Nandini Bhautoo-Dewnarain

doi:10.1017/UPO9788175968318

Contemporary Indian Writers in English (CIWE) is a series that presents critical commentaries on some of the best-known names in the genre. With the hgh visibility of Indian writing in Englihs in academic, critical, pedagogic and reader circles, there is a perceivable demand for lucid yet rigorous introductions to several of its authors and genres.Rohinton Mistry has provided some of the most sustained explorations of post-Independence Indian society through his chronicles of individual and community lives. Mistry's fiction covers many themes, from politics to Parsi community life and economic inequality to national 'events' such as wars, rigorously examining the impact of historical forces and social events on 'small' lives. Nandini Bhautoo-Dewnarain's study, a schematic introduction to Mistry's works, looks at the process of marginalization or 'Othering' in his fiction. Exploring Mistry's themes of tradition, ageing and families, Bhautoo-Dewnarain demonstrates how his fiction moves from the local to the universal.

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An Introduction

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Series Editor's Preface
pp vii-viii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-4

2 - The Local and the Universal
pp 5-39

3 - ‘Otherness’ in Mistry
pp 40-63

4 - Politics in Mistry's Fiction
pp 64-84

5 - Recurring Themes
pp 85-110

6 - Rohinton Mistry and Indian Writing in English
pp 111-112

Topics for Discussion
pp 113-115

Appendix A - The 1975 Emergency
pp 116-116

Appendix B - MISA
pp 117-117

Appendix C - The History of the Bangladesh Conflict
pp 118-118

Appendix D - List of Honours and Awards
pp 119-119

Bibliography
pp 120-126

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