AMITAV GHOSH : A CRITICAL COMPANION

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Amitav Ghosh is widely recognised as one of India's leadingnovelists. His work has won numerous literary prizes in India and abroad, hasbeen translated into many languages and is required reading at severaluniversities. Amitav Ghosh: A Critical Companion examines his fiction through separate critical essays byreputed scholars in six countries. It includes a study of the early novels, aswell as essays on In an Antique Land, The Shadow Lines, TheCalcutta Chromosome, and The Glass Palace. These thoughtful, incisiveand highly readable essays are grounded in the interests that infuse hisfiction: history, science, discovery, travel, nationalism, subalternity, agency.It is invaluable for those interested in his work, providing ideas and startingpoints for scholars and students. An up-to-date bibliography on his works isalso provided.