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Examining the Interplay of Reality and Illusion in Anita Desai’s
Where Shall We Go This Summer?

Maneesha M, II M.A. English
D. Pradeek, Assistant Professor


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Abstract

Where Shall We Go This Summer? is Anita Desai’s fourth novel. This novel was published in 1988. Anita Desai is an Indian expatriate writer. Her writings have been nominated for the Booker Prize three times. Anita Desai introduced psychology to Hindi and English literature. She stated that she has always been interested in expressing women’s emotions in her stories. Where Shall We Go This Summer? is a woman-themed novel. Here, the novelist describes the bad mood of the heroine, Sita. Sita is tired of all the tricks of city life. She is depressed and lives alone due to marital conflict. Sita swings like a pendulum between reality and illusion. This article tries to find Sita’s psychological problems by examining the novel. The main theme is to show Sita’s conflict between reality and imagination.

Keywords: Anita Desai, Where Shall We Go This Summer?, Reality, Illusion, Psychological, Artificialities, Disharmonious

1. Introduction

Anita Desai is a prolific writer from India. She is one of the best female novelists of English literature in post-colonial India. She was rewarded with a world record. Anita Muzumdar was born on June 24, 1937, in Mussoorie, India. Her father is Dina Nath Mazumdar, a Bangali, and her mother is Antoinette Nime Mazumdar, a housewife of German origin. Anita Desai grew up in a home where he learned Bengali, Hindi, and German. She published her first story at the age of nine. Desai herself said, “I first learned English when I was at school; it was the first language I learned to read and write, so it became my language.” Anita Desai studied in India and started working at Max Muller Bhawan in Calcutta. She later worked at other institutions and eventually attended MIT as the John E. Emerita. Burchard Professor of Humanities. Desai is married to Ashvin Desai, a well-known businessman in Kolkata.

Anita Desai boldly entered the world of fiction with her novel Cry the Peacock in 1963, and all readers were amazed by her talent. She has written more than a dozen books since then. Desai competed for the Booker Prize three times, in 1980, 1984, and 1999, with her works Bright Daylight on Watch, Fasting Feasting, and Where Shall We Go This Summer? In 1980, Desai received the Sahitya Academy Award for her work, In Custody. Desai is a member of the Royal Society of Literature. Desai has received many awards for her work: Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975), Bye-Bye Blackbird (1971), Fire on the Mountain (1977), Clear Light of Day (1980), In (1984), Voices in the City (1965), Fasting Feasting (1999), etc.

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Pradeek D
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore 641105
nascpradeek@nehrucolleges.com

Maneesha M
2nd MA English
Nehru Arts and Science College Coimbatore, Coimbatore 641105
mmaneesha670@gmail.com
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