{"product_id":"9789389000009","title":"Ruskin Bond's Desh : Celebrating Root and Defining Identity","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRuskin Bond's Desh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Arup Pal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the dilemma of Bond's 'two selves' and his existential search for an identity. This exploration, analysed across six chapters, is informed by a variety of postcolonial, historical, informational and critical texts on Bond and Anglo-Indians. Arup Pal focuses on four key literary works of Bond-\u003ci\u003eThe Room on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Flight of Pigeons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScenes from a Writer's Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Nuts\u003c\/i\u003e-from the perspective of the author's developing sense of personal, national and cultural identity. He traces the journey that the author and his protagonists embark on in order to seek and ultimately define their sense of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9789389000009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic India","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40731916828878,"sku":"9789389000009","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_711c69e2-95f8-4531-b7fd-38be19e67ba8.jpg?v=1641187912","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9789389000009","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}