Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997

Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth J. West, Elizabeth West

Macmillan, Aug 15, 1997 - Fiction - 553 pages

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.

Chronologically arranged to reveal the development of Indian literature in English, this volume includes works by Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal, Saadat Hasan Manto, G.V. Desani, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Kamala Markandaya, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Ved Mehta, Anita Desai, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Satyajit Ray, Salman Rushdie, Padma Perera, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Rohinton Mistry, Bapsi Sidhwa, I. Allan Sealy, Shashi Tharoor, Sara Suleri, Firdaus Kanga, Anjana Appachana, Amit Chaudhuri, Amitav Ghosh, Githa Hariharan, Gita Mehta, Vikram Seth, Vikram Chandra, Ardashir Vakil, Mukul Kesavan, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai.

Contents

• JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Tryst with Destiny: 3
• SAADAT HASAN MANTO Toba Tek Singh: 25
• CHAUDHURI My Birthplace: 59
• KAMALA MARKANDAYA Hunger: 79
• MULK RAJ ANAND The Liar: 94
• VED MEHTA Activities and Outings: 107
• 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
• 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
• 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

About the author

Salman Rushdie was born in India on June 19, 1947. He was raised in Pakistan and educated in England. His novels include Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, and The Golden House. His non-fiction works include Joseph Anton, Imaginary Homelands, The Jaguar Smile, and Step across This Line. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled East, West. He has received numerous awards including the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel twice, the James Tait Black Prize, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children, and the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. Elizabeth West is a freelance editor. She is the co-editor with Salmna Rushdie of Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997; An Owl Book; Holt Paperback
• Editors: Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth J. West, Elizabeth West
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1997
• ISBN: 0805057102, 9780805057102
• Length: 553 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / General; Fiction / World Literature / India / 20th Century; Literary Collections / Asian / Indic; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General