India and Pakistan : Fell Apart/D.R. More. Jaipur, Shruti, 2004, xiii,
245 p., ISBN 81-902055-2-8.
India and Pakistan : Fell Apart/D.R. More. Jaipur, Shruti, 2004, xiii,
245 p., ISBN 81-902055-2-8.
Contents: 1. Partition: a brief historical survey. 2. Political novel: some historical considerations. 3. A brief survey of the partition novel. 4. Major novels- I: North Indian novelist train to Pakistan. 5. Major novels-II: South Indian novelists. 6. English translations twice born twice dead. 7. Conclusions - the partition novel: its achievements.
"The book presents an exhaustive study of the Indian English novels written on the theme of the partition of the Indian subcontinent that took place in 1947. It throws light and objectively analyses the causes and effects of the fateful decision of the partition the rendered millions to migrate and an equal number to face horried atrocities, arsoning, abductions, rapes and unforeseen violence.
The book covers a good number of novels, right from Ramanand Sagar's "Aur Insaan Mar Gaya" (1948) in Urdu to Khushwant Singh's "Train to Pakistan" (1956) to Chaman Nahal's Azadi (1975) to Baldwin's "What the body remembers" (1999)." (jacket)