LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:3 March 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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The Theme of Alienation in Anitha Desai’s Fire On The Mountain
and Kiran Desai’s The Inhereitance Of Loss

G. Priyadharshini, M.A., M.Phil.

Excellent in Writing Psychological Novels

As a novelist of considerable merit, Anita Desai has enriched the tradition of Indian writing in English. The novels of Anita Desai have captured many a reader and scholar. Her novels include Cry the Peacock (1963), Voices in the City (1965), Bye-Bye The Black Bird (1971), Where shall We Go This Summer? (1975), Fire on The Mountain (1977), Clear Light of Day (1980), The village by the sea (1982), In Custody (1984), Baumgartner’s Bombay (1988) and Fasting Feasting (1999), Her short stories were published under the title Games at Twilight (1982).

Desai excels in writing psychological novels. In her women-centered novels, she has depicted the intensity of psychological conflicts experienced by women. The psyche is inextricably bound to social situations. The psychic defense mechanisms that women follow to escape the pain are realistically portrayed by Anita Desai. In the exploration of the inner consciousness or the psychological state of mind, Anita Desai has been compared to the British fiction writer Virginia Wolf.

Kiran Desai

Anita Desai is a guiding star for many bright young writers. Starting right at home, she influenced her own daughter, Kiran Desai. She was born on 3rd September, 1971 in New Delhi and lived there until she was 14. She spent a year in England, before her family finally moved to the United States. Her mother Anita Desai has direct influence on Kiran Desai’s writing. The young Kiran Desai grew up listening to her mother talking about literature and writing.

Kiran Desai’s favorite works included all master pieces of Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, O’Connor, Juan Rulfo and Narayan. She completed her schooling in Massachusetts before attending Bennington College and Hollins University. At this stage Kiran Desai started to take her writing seriously and jointed Columbia University, where she studied creative writing.

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G. Priyadharshini, M.A., M.Phil.
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Sivakasi - 626 123
Tamilnadu
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