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Antioch Review, v. 50, Fall 1992; v. 57, Winter 1999. Both reproduced by permission.—ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, v. 28, April, 1997 for “Narrating History: The Reality of the Internment Camps in Anita Desai’s Baumgartner’s Bombay,” by Katharine Capshaw Smith; v. 28, July, 1997 for “Whose Bombay Is It Anyway?: Anita Desai’s Baumgartner’s Bombay,” by Tony Simoes Da Silva. Both reproduced by permission of the publisher and the authors.— Atlantic Monthly, v. 287, March, 2001, for a review of Familiar Spirits, by Peter Davison. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Bennington Review, v. 15, Summer, 1983. Reproduced by permission.—Chicago Tribune, v. 131, April 23, 1978 for a review of The World According to Garp, by Charles R. Lawson. Reproduced by permission of the author.—The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 1986. © 1986 The Christian Science Publishing Society. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Commentary, v. 66, September 1978 for “Family Affairs” by Pearl K. Bell. Copyright © 1978 by the American Jewish Committee. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Commonweal,v. 115, December 6, 1988; v. 120, November 5, 1993; v. 125, June 5, 1998. Copyright © 1988, 1993, 1998 Commonweal Publishing Co., Inc. All reproduced by permission.—Contemporary Literature, v. 23, Winter 1982; v. 36, Fall 1995. © 1982, 1995 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Both reproduced by permission.—Critical Survey, v. 8, 1996. Reproduced by permission.—Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, v. 24, Winter 1983; v. 34, Fall, 1992; v. 37, Fall 1995; v. 40, Spring 1999. Copyright © 1983, 1992, 1995, 1999, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation. Reproduced with permission of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, published by Heldref Publications, 1319 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802.—Dissent, v. 40, Winter 1993 © 1993, by Dissent Publishing Corporation. Reproduced by permission.—Georgia Review, v. 51, Winter 1997. Copyright © 1997, by the University of Georgia. Reproduced by permission.—The Hollins Critic, v. 26, February 1989. Copyright 1989 by Hollins College. Reproduced by permission.—Hudson Review, v. 42, Spring 1989; v. 45, Autumn 1992; v. 50, Winter 1998. Copyright © 1989, 1992, 1998 by The Hudson Review, Inc. All reproduced by permission.—Indian Journal of American Studies,v. 23, Summer 1993. Copyright © by American Studies Research Centre. Reproduced by permission.—Journal of Commonwealth Literature, v. 32, 1997. Reproduced with the kind permission of Bowker-Saur.—Journal of Modern Literature,

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Campbell, Josie P. From John Irving: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Josie P. Campbell. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Costa, Richard Hauer. From Alison Lurie. Twayne Publishers, 1992. Copyright 1992 by Twayne Publishers. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the Gale Group.—Harter, Carol C., and James R. Thompson. From John Irving. Twayne Publishers, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by G. K. Hall & Co. Reproduced by permission.—Jena, Seema. From Voice and Vision of Anita Desai. Ashish Publishing House, 1989. Reproduced by permission.—Miller, Gabriel. From John Irving. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1982. Copyright © 1982 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Reproduced by permission.—Newman, Judie. From Alison Lurie: A Critical Study. Rodopi, 2000. © Editions Rodopi B. V. Reproduced by permission.—Newman, Judie. From Forked Tongues? Comparing Twentieth-Century British and American Literature. Edited by Ann Massa and Alistair Stead. Longman, 1994. © Longman Group UK Limited 1994. Reproduced by permission.—Rogers, Katharine M. From American Women Writing Fiction: Memory, Identity, Family, Space. Edited by Mickey Pearlman. The University Press of Kentucky, 1989. Copyright © 1989 by The University Press of Kentucky. Reproduced by permission.

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Desai, Anita, photograph by Penny Tweedie. Corbis. Reproduced by permission. Irving, John, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission. Lurie, Alison, photograph. © Jerry Bauer. Reproduced by permission. Stone, Robert, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.

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