Romancing the Strange: The Fiction of Kunal Basu
Role
Subir Dhar (Editor)
Amitava Roy (Editor)
Aparajita Nanda (Editor)
Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay (Editor)
Files
Description
This book brings together over twenty well-researched and insightful articles on the historical fiction of Kunal Basu - especially his first two novels, The Opium Clerkand The Miniaturist. The essays in this book focus on topics such as fiction and history, colonialism and post colonialism, character studies and narrative functions. This book also features the transcript of an exclusive tête-à-tête with Kunal Basu in which the novelist provides many autobiographical details about his life, creative instincts, and about the novels he has penned and intends to write. For the use and benefit of academic researchers, a special section containing media responses to Kunal Basu's novels has been included.
ISBN
978-8187538202
Publication Date
2004
Publisher
Avantgarde Press
City
Kolkata
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Recommended Citation
Dhar, Subir; Roy, Amitava; Nanda, Aparajita; and Bandyopadhyay, Debnarayan, "Romancing the Strange: The Fiction of Kunal Basu" (2004). Faculty Book Gallery. 297.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/297