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V.S. Naipaul is one of the best known English novelists of the modern times; his popularity reached its zenith when he received the Nobel Prize for literature, last year. He is regarded a prophet, a soothsayer, a doom-watcher and a teller of unpalatable truths. While he has published several works, it is A House for Mr. Biswas that has given him name and fame. His latest novel, Half a Life, is a piece of literary craftsmanship. The present volume, a collection of ...
Jhumpa Lahiri, recipient of the coveted Pulitzer award for her collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies, is a voice of Indo-American origin. Though she lives in the U.S., her work is imbued with ethos of Indian culture and sensibility. She may be considered a writer of Indian diaspora, though her own idea of India is 'of the mind' only. Through her characters, she tells us about the human conditions that have universal resonance in her ...