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299 See also: Don Quixote 76–81 ■ Ficciones 245 ■ Hopscotch 274 –75 ■ The French Lieutenant’s Woman 291 ■ Midnight’s Children 30 ...

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302 M agic realism is a literary style in which magical or surreal elements appear in an otherwise realistic and traditional nar ...

303 Mumbai is a densely populated city, teeming with all forms of human life. Rushdie uses rich, vivid language to evoke its myr ...

304 As the narrative unfolds, it soon becomes clear that every political event appears to be driven by— or be driving—one or mor ...

305 Saleem’s friends Shiva and Parvati are named respectively after the great Hindu god of destruction and the goddess of love, ...

306 FREEING YOURSELF WAS ONE THING CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF THAT FREED SELF WAS ANOTHER BELOVED (1987), TONI MORRISON B y the end o ...

307 See also: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 126–27 ■ Their Eyes Were Watching God 235 ■ Invisible Man 259 ■ I Know ...

308 were subject to fugitive slave laws that allowed owners to cross into free states to reclaim their property. Piece by piece ...

309 African folklore traditions connect with the American present in Beloved: the character of Beloved herself appears to embody ...

310 See also: Romance of the Three Kingdoms 66–67 ■ Call to Arms 222 ■ Playing for Thrills 336 I n the xungen, or “roots- seekin ...

311 See also: The Three Musketeers 122–23 ■ The Lagoon and Other Stories 286 A ustralian writers have attracted international in ...

312 See also: Iliad 26–33 ■ Odyssey 54 ■ The Divine Comedy 62–65 ■ Ulysses 214–21 ■ A House for Mr. Biswas 289 H istory and memo ...

313 See also: Lolita 260–61 ■ A Clockwork Orange 289 ■ Crash 332 T he explicit treatment of taboo topics such as rape, incest, p ...

314 UIETLY THEY MOVED DOWN THE CALM AND SACRED RIVER A SUITABLE BOY (1993), VIKRAM SETH O ver the last few decades Indian Englis ...

315 See also: Midnight’s Children 300–05 ■ Interpreter of Maladies 338 Vikram Seth The son of a businessman and a judge, Vikram ...

316 the text is the determination of Mrs. Rupa Mehra to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter Lata, a 19-year-old univers ...

317 Marriage lies at the heart of A Suitable Boy and is used to explore key issues—from religion, class, gender, and politics to ...

318 See also: Oedipus the King 34–39 ■ Disgrace 322–23 W hen American author Donna Tartt (1963–) published her novel The Secret ...