Who, among the following women novelists, portrays a daughter and young wife in her novels through…
Anita Desai portrays the inner lives and domestic alienation of daughters and young wives in her early novels, notably through Maya, the pampered daughter who becomes the…
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Who, among the following women novelists, portrays a daughter and young wife in her novels through protagonists such as Maya (wife of Gautama) and Monisha?
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Anita Desai portrays the inner lives and domestic alienation of daughters and young wives in her early novels, notably through Maya, the pampered daughter who becomes the young wife of Gautama in Cry, the Peacock (1963), and Monisha in Voices in the City (1965). Nayantara Sahgal writes chiefly about political life and elite society, Kamala Markandaya about rural hardship and East-West encounters, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala about urban Indian and expatriate society.
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