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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805057102 ISBN 13: 9780805057102

Publisher: Picador, 1997

Synopsis

India's first half-century of independence has witnessed the emergence of a glittering new literature. To coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of that independence, Owl Books is proud to present a major anthology of the best of this dazzling body of writing, selected by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West. A whole tumultuous continent is reflected here: the billion faces of India, comic and tragic, harsh and beautiful, delicate and grotesque. It is a magic mirror held up to what is hidden as well as what is shown, to dreams and nightmares, to the secret truths of history and of the human heart.

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

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. She is the co-editor with Salmna Rushdie of Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0805057102
• ISBN 13: 9780805057102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 574
• Editor: West Elizabeth