• ISBN13: 9788171569458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Pages: 120
• Original Price: INR 250.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 200 grams

The book brings together a collection of scholarly papers on different issues of Indian Fiction in English. It makes an intensive study of the works of the novelists who have helped in shaping Indian English Fiction and earned reputation as literary jewels of the world: Raja Rao, R.K. Narayan, Kamala Markandaya, Anita Desai, R.P. Jhabvala, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, B. Rajan, Shashi Deshpande, Khushwant Singh,
Raj Kamal Jha and Arundhati Roy. The research papers, written by eminent scholars, reflect their critical vitality and interpretative acumen. The book deepens the existing critical responses and also explores the unlit corner of Indo-English fiction.

Pramod Kumar Singh teaches English at S.P. Jain College, Sasaram (Bihar). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1986 from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. At present he is working for his D.Litt. on contemporary trends in Indian Fiction in English.
He has contributed a number of papers to literary journals and has edited The Literary Mirror, a bi-annual journal exclusively devoted to creative writing, research and criticism. His books, The Novels of R.K. Narayan : A Critical Study, 3000 Uncommon Idioms and Phrases and Improve Word Power, have earned widespread acclaims for him. His books on Salman Rushdie and Major Indo-English Novelists and Novels are under print.