{"product_id":"about-vikram-seths-two-lives-von-siddhartha-singh","title":"About Vikram Seth's \"Two Lives\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEssay from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, , language: English, abstract: migration, and double migration, a diasporic writer is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echallenged and ruptured by the multiplicity of ambivalent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaffiliations of language, class, race, gender and sexuality. The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriter often tends to deal with these affiliations as a mode of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epostcolonial grand narrative¹ exposing the theoretical clichés\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof marginalization and resistance. But a writer of a much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreater sensibility transcends these issues and moves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etowards a global narrative of reconciliation and resolution. A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaster of every genre ¿ whether it is poetry, novels, libretto,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravelogue or children book ¿ Vikram Seth¿s Two Lives²\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexhibits refreshing change in the postcolonial narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etechnique. A masterful fusion of biography, memory,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eautobiography, documentary, history, fiction and essay like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexcursions, it resists theory biased theme of cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresistance and gravitates towards a narrative of global\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresolution. Deeply entrenched in the history of Second World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar it is a powerful reminder of the horrors and trauma of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe War. Two Lives does not do quite what is expected of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epostcolonial narrative or of an English novel in the tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Jane Austen (as Seth¿s magnum opus A Suitable Boy³ is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsidered).A cosmopolitan4 story, narrated by a truly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecosmopolitan writer, It resists any branding of an Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656373698\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656373698","offer_id":39446505455709,"sku":"9783656373698","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/389526f5-15ab-481b-9f47-33679cfbe43d.jpg?v=1777955940","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/about-vikram-seths-two-lives-von-siddhartha-singh","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}