POST-PARTITION CONFLICTS AND DIASPORIC LOSS IN AMITAV GHOSH AND JHUMPA LAHIRI’S NARRATIVES

My article investigates Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Jhumpa Lahiri’s story “When Mr. Pirzada came to dine” so as to propose an analysis of narratives which best capture the antagonisms of post-Partition India. The long shadow of the 1947 Partition entailed further small-scale partitions which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angelo Monaco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Udine 2016-11-01
Series:Le Simplegadi
Online Access:https://le-simplegadi.it/article/view/1227