Bookers Book in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Salman Rushdie: Life and works. 2. Midnights children. 3. Arundhati Roy: Life and works. 4. The God of small things. 5. Kiran Desai: life and works. 6. The inheritance of loss. 7. Aravind Adiga: Life and works. 8. The white tiger. Selected bibliography. Index.

This book presents a detailed study of four booker prize winning  novels written by Indian novelists. Salman Rushdies midnights children Arundhati Roy\'s  The God of Small Things, Kiran Desais The inheritance of loss and  Aravind Adiga\'s the white tiger have won the prestigious man booker prize in the last three decades. There is a unique kind of thematic delineation in these novels. Constant human struggle in the vast panorama of human existence, changing social political and anthropological  scenario a growing sense of globalization cross culturalism modern diseases like bewilderment anxiety aimlessness etc., from which human beings suffer a lot and a sense of compassion are visible in these novels everywhere. All these things provide epic dimension and broad field of study to the scholars. The present study based more on texts and less on critical remarks analyzes above mentioned features of these novels in detail. (jacket)