Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth J. West, Elizabeth West This unique anthology, Mirrorwork, presents thirty-two selections by Indian authors writing in English over the past half-century. Selected by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West, these novel excerpts, stories, and memoirs illuminate wonderful writing by authors often overlooked in the West. |
Contents
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Tryst with Destiny | 3 |
SAADAT HASAN MANTO | 25 |
DESANI All about H Hatterr | 32 |
CHAUDHURI My Birthplace | 59 |
KAMALA MARKANDAYA | 79 |
MULK RAJ ANAND The Liar | 94 |
R K NARAYAN | 100 |
VED MEHTA | 107 |
BAPSI SIDHWA Rannas Story | 237 |
ALLAN SEALY The TrotterNama | 250 |
SHASHI THAROOR A Raj Quartet | 284 |
FIRDAUS KANGA Trying to Grow | 315 |
ANJANA APPACHANA Sharmaji | 344 |
AMIT CHAUDHURI Sandeeps Visit | 366 |
AMITAV GHOSH Nashawy | 394 |
GITA MEHTA The Teachers Story | 413 |
ANITA DESAI Games at Twilight | 119 |
RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA In the Mountains | 127 |
SATYAJIT RAY Big Bill | 145 |
SALMAN RUSHDIE The Perforated Sheet | 160 |
PADMA PERERA Dr Salaam | 178 |
UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE The Assassination of Indira Gandhi | 198 |
ROHINTON MISTRY The Collectors | 211 |
VIKRAM SETH A Suitable Boy | 435 |
VIKRAM CHANDRA Shakti | 450 |
ARDASHIR Vakil Unforced Errors | 485 |
ARUNDHATI ROY Abhilash Talkies | 512 |
KIRAN DESAI Strange Happenings in the Guava Orchard | 535 |
Acknowledgements | 551 |
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