A New World (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Amit Chaudhuri
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: April through August, 1994
- Setting: Calcutta, India
- Principal Characters: Dr. Jayojit “Joy” Chatterjee, Vikram “Bonny” Chatterjee, Ananda Chatterjee, Ruby Chatterjee
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Fathers, Grandparents or grandchildren, India or East Indian people, Home, 1990’s
- Locales: Calcutta, India
Since Amit Chaudhuri himself was born in Calcutta and raised in Bombay, then sent to England for his university and postgraduate education, it is hardly surprising that so many of the characters in his fiction feel like outsiders in the place where they happen to reside. During his summer visits to relatives in Calcutta, Chaudhuri became aware of the subtle cultural differences even between two cities in the same country. His own experience became the basis of the critically acclaimed novella A Strange and Sublime Address (1991). When the ten-year-old protagonist of that work...
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