Amitav Ghosh : A Critical Companion/edited by Tabish Khair. Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003, viii, 185 p., (pbk) ISBN 81-7824-074-2.

    Contents: Preface. 1. Satyajit Ray/Amitav Ghosh. 2. 'Travelling in the West': the writing of Amitav Ghosh/Robert Dixon. 3. Historicizing scientific reason in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason/Claire Chambers. 4. 'A choice of histories': Ghosh vs. Hegel in In an Antique Land/Leela Gandhi. 5. Medieval travel in postcolonial times: Amitav Ghosh's In an Antique Land/Padmini Mongia. 6. 'The burthen of the mystery': imagination and difference in The Shadow Lines/Jon Mee. 7. Des Kothay?: Amitav Ghosh tells old wives tales/Anjali Gera. 8. The discoverer discovered: Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome/John Thieme. 9. Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome: the question of subaltern agency/Tabish Khair. 10. The road from Mandalay: reflections on Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace/Rukmini Bhaya Nair. Amitav Ghosh: general bibliography. 

    "Amitav Ghosh is widely recognised as one of India's leading novelists. His work has won numerous literary prizes in India and abroad, has been translated into many languages and is required reading at several universities. This book examines Ghosh's fiction through separate critical essays by reputed scholars in six countries. It includes a study of the early novels, as well as essays on In an Antique Land, The Shadow Line, The Calcutta Chromosome, and The Glass Palace. These thoughtful, incisive and highly readable essays are grounded in the interests that infuse Ghosh's fiction: history, science, discovery, travel, nationalism, subalternity, agency. It is invaluable for those interested in Ghosh's work, providing ideas and starting points for scholars and students.

    "An up-to-date bibliography on Ghosh's works is also provided."

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