Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing : 1947-1997 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805057099 ISBN 13: 9780805057096

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1997

Synopsis

Includes contributions by Gita Mehta, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Salman Rushdie, Satyajit Ray, Sara Suleri, and Bapsi Sidhwa

About this title

Review:

"Their sense of literary savor is impeccable. Rushdie and West have done an extremely fine piece of work."-"The Washington Post Book World"
"An eye-opening anthology, and the best introduction to the large body of distinctive fiction being generated by Indian writers."-"Kirkus Reviews"
"It is an excellent way to sample the contemporary literature of India. "-"Houston Chronicle"

Their sense of literary savor is impeccable. Rushdie and West have done an extremely fine piece of work. "The Washington Post Book World"

An eye-opening anthology, and the best introduction to the large body of distinctive fiction being generated by Indian writers. "Kirkus Reviews"

It is an excellent way to sample the contemporary literature of India. "Houston Chronicle""

"Their sense of literary savor is impeccable. Rushdie and West have done an extremely fine piece of work." --The Washington Post Book World

"An eye-opening anthology, and the best introduction to the large body of distinctive fiction being generated by Indian writers." --Kirkus Reviews

"It is an excellent way to sample the contemporary literature of India." --Houston Chronicle

About the Author:

Salman Rushdie is the author of several novels, including Grimus, Midnight's Children, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, and Shalimar the Clown. He has written collections of short stories, including East, West. He has also published several works of nonfiction, among them The Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, The Wizard of Oz, and Joseph Anton, a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of The Satanic Verses.

Elizabeth West is a freelance editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0805057099
• ISBN 13: 9780805057096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 553
• Editor: Rushdie Salman, West Elizabeth