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About the Book: This critical anthology surveys the textual, trenchant and critical analysis of Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novels in English. The book is comprehensive in contour, encyclopaedic in content, sparkling in style, surgical in criticism and succinct in summation. The very presence of three interviews makes this book all inclusive and encompassing. The book can be of great help in elucidating and illuminating hidden psyche of these award- winning novels, and will give a fresh impetus to new analysis and research. The book posits critical articles on the novels: R.K. Narayan’s The Guide, Raja Rao’s The Serpent and the Rope, Bhabani Bhattacharya’s Shadow from Ladakh, Chaman Nahal’s Azadi, Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain, Rama Mehta’s Inside the Haveli, Arun Joshi’s The Last Labyrinth, Nayantara Sahgal’s Rich Like Us, Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines, Shashi Deshpande’s That Long Silence, Kiran Nagarkar’s Cuckold, Amit Chaudhuri’s A New World, Rupa Bajwa’s The Sari Shop, Malathi Rao’s Disorderly Women, Esther David’s The Book of Rachel. The book showcases the articles of esteemed contributors and they are: Kulbhushan Kushal, Indira Nityanandam, Indu Swami, Sangeeta Sharma, Deepak Thakur, N. Chandra, R. Padmavathi, V. Rajesh, J. Jaya Parveen, KBS Krishna, Ambarish Sen, K. Vani, Kakali Bhattacharyya, V. Sunitha, Subhi Tresa Sebastian, Vandana Rajoriya, Mangalkumar R. Patil, Alka Agrawal, Grishma Manikrao Khobragade, Vinay Kumar Dubey, Ajit Kumar, Priyanka Vaidya, Bolla Jyothsnaphanija, Ramesh P. Chavan, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Lakshmi Krishnan, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Rajnish Mishra and Vivekanand Jha. About the Editors: Dr. Vivekanand Jha is a translator, editor and award-winning poet from India. He has a Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Certificate in Computer Hardware and Networking, MA and PhD in English. He is a contributing poet to Wavelengths – 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry (USA) which has won first place in the 2011 London Book Festival. He has been Poetry Contest Winner – Third Place Winner – for the poem “Hands Heave to Harm and Hamper” conducted by Beginners®, a documentary, graphic, nonfiction book series (USA). His poem, “Song of Woes” was featured in the 10 Selected Poems for Performance & 10 Selected Poems for Award in 2nd Korea-Nigeria Poetry Feast on 21 March 2012 organized by the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria. He is the author of five books of poetry. He has also authored a critical book on the poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra and edited nine critical anthologies on Indian English Writing. His poems have been published in numerous magazines and 20 poetry anthologies around the world. He has more than 25 research and critical articles published in various national and international anthologies and referred journals. He is currently engaged in editing Indo-English Poetry Anthology to be published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada. He is the son of the noted professor, poet and award-winning translator, Dr. Rajanand Jha (Crowned with Sahitya Akademi Award, New Delhi). Website: http://poetvjha.wordpress.com Dr. Rajnish Mishra is Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science and Humanities, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His areas of specialization are ELT methodologies, literary theory and criticism, and creative writing. He has B Sc & M Sc in Agriculture and Diploma in Spanish and French from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He has MA in English Literature and was awarded PhD on the topic A Critical Analysis of Villains in Shakespeare’s Tragedies. He has competence in teaching French, English, Communication and Soft Skills. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience, and more than 20 critical articles and research papers of his are published in various national and international publications and journals. He has co-edited six critical anthologies on Indian English Literature. He is presently working on the psycho-geographical effect of his city, Varanasi, in both creative and critical media. Blog: http://rajnishmishravns.wordpress.com