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Burchard professor of humanities at the massachusetts institute of technology. Kiran desai is currently considered a single author. She is the author of the critically acclaimed hullabaloo in the guava orchard and the inheritance of loss. Belonging and identity in the inheritance of loss and. Kiran desai as a modern writer international journal of academic. Study of kiran desais novel the inheritance of loss this chapter aims to study the images of women in kiran desais novels. National identity and cultural representation in the. Kiran desai is an indian author who is a citizen of india and a permanent resident of the united states. Sahgal, shashi deshpande, anita desai, and kiran desai depicted the contemporary society in terms of social, psychological, and magical realism with insight. Volume ii issue i, april 2014 issn 2321 7065 global issues.
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