Khushwant Singh as a Novelist

The book Khushwant Singh as a novelist is an exploration of both the vision and the art in all the novels of Khushwant Singh, the most talked of living novelist. Opinions vary on both his life and novels. His life is an open book and his novels have a life most open. This book is a deep study in deep textual details of the thematic patterns, modes of characterization, the emerging dramatic structure in each novel from the fusion of plot and characterization and vision and from and also of his lively style. The presentation of what actually Khushwant Singh means by describing sex (not love) in action in its most crude and natural from is very convincing and lucid. Dr. Ranjan's analysis of wit humour, imagery and diction is superb. The conclusion is a convincing defense of the stand that Khushwant Singh is basically and essentially an artist and in his novels and stories how he says is more important than what he says.