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The book focuses on the representation of South Asian life in works by four Anglophone writers: V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, and Anita Desai. Concentrating on the intertwined topics of nationalism, transnationalism, and fundamentalism, the book addresses the dislocation associated with these phenomena, offering a critical dialogue between these works and contemporary history, using history to interrogate fiction and fiction to think through historical issues. Despite all their differences, the works of these authors delineate the asymmetrical relations of colonialism and the aftermath of this phenomenon as it is manifested across the globe. The binary structures created by the colonial encounter undergo a process of dialectical interplay in which each culture makes incursions into the other. This dialogic interplay becomes the basis for strategies that enable transnational and postcolonial writers to reimagine themselves and their world.

Indic fiction (English) --- Nationalism and literature --- East Indians --- Transnationalism --- Globalization in literature. --- Roman de l'Inde (anglais) --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Indiens (Orientaux) --- Transnationalisme --- Mondialisation dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Histoire et critique --- Vie intellectuelle --- Naipaul, V. S. --- Desai, Anita, --- Rushdie, Salman. --- Ghosh, Amitav, --- Nationalisme et littérature --- Mondialisation dans la littérature --- NAIPAUL (VIDIADHAR SURAJPRASAD), 1932 --- -DESAI (ANITA), 1937 --- -RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -GHOSH (AMITAV) --- ROMAN DE L'INDE DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- TRANSNATIONALISME --- MONDIALISATION DANS LA LITTERATURE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE