{"product_id":"mirrorwork-50-years-of-indian-writing-1947-1997-9780805057102","title":"Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis unique anthology, \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork\u003c\/i\u003e, presents thirty-two selections by Indian authors writing in English over the past half-century. Selected by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West, these novel excerpts, stories, and memoirs illuminate wonderful writing by authors often overlooked in the West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChronologically arranged to reveal the development of Indian literature in English, this volume includes works by Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal, Saadat Hasan Manto, G.V. Desani, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Kamala Markandaya, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Ved Mehta, Anita Desai, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Satyajit Ray, Salman Rushdie, Padma Perera, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Rohinton Mistry, Bapsi Sidhwa, I. Allan Sealy, Shashi Tharoor, Sara Suleri, Firdaus Kanga, Anjana Appachana, Amit Chaudhuri, Amitav Ghosh, Githa Hariharan, Gita Mehta, Vikram Seth, Vikram Chandra, Ardashir Vakil, Mukul Kesavan, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), G\u003ci\u003erimus, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHaroun and The Sea of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTwo Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights\u003c\/i\u003e--and a collection of short stories: \u003ci\u003eEast, West. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also published works of nonfiction, including Joseph Anton (a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of\u003ci\u003e The Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStep Across This Line\u003c\/i\u003e--and co-edited the anthologies, \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth West\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance editor. She is the co-editor with Salmna Rushdie of\u003ci\u003e Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328494276882,"sku":"9780805057102","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d493aca-e7e2-4378-a5c0-f068ef9358fc.jpg?v=1727742191","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mirrorwork-50-years-of-indian-writing-1947-1997-9780805057102","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}