The Fictional world of Anita Desai
Anita Desai is an internationally acclaimed novelist of Indian writing in English. She has won coveted Sahitya Academy award in 1978 for her novel “Fire on the Mountain”, and the British Guardian Price for “Village by the Sea”. Her novel’s “Clear Light of Day”, “In Custody” and “Fasting”, Fasting were shortlisted for Booker Prize. She has always been a favourite novelist for the reader of psychological novels. Her presentation of socio-cultural aspects is full of realism. I have chosen to work upon because of the superb feminists’ mode and true to life depiction of various happenings in Indian sub-continent.
The Fictional world of SHOBHA DE
Shobha De of course is one of the most popular novelists and writers of Indian Writing in English. She boldly resents the life and culture of Urban people particularly living in metropolitan city like Mumbai. She portrays the life of modern people without any concealment. Her characters are not from the common people living in middle class, but they belong to elite class. Her bold and candid depiction of sex in her fiction lands her in controversies but it is the unique feature of her personality.