Indian Women in the House of Fiction

by Geetanjali Singh Chanda

In her detailed readings of a wide range of Indian writers - including Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Anita Nair, Jhumpa Lahiri and many others - Geetanjali Singh Chanda focuses on domestic spaces in women's fiction. The house is not merely a backdrop, but often almost a character itself, one that bears witness to the changes in the protagonists' lives. Chanda shows how women in these fictional homes find ways to transform restrictive, segregated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9383074736
• ISBN13: 9789383074730
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.5"