(BE)LONGING AND LOSS: EXPLORING VASSANJI’S NOSTALGIA
(BE)LONGING AND LOSS: EXPLORING VASSANJI’S NOSTALGIA
Author(s): Preeti ShirodkarSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: nostalgia; Vassanji; diaspora; identity; (be)longing;
Summary/Abstract: M. G. Vassanji’s latest novel – Nostalgia (2016) explores the dilemmas of identity and (be)longing - expressed or suppressed, realised or hidden, imposed or experienced - that have constituted the heart of diasporic writing. This paper explores the novel as a narrative that seems to move away from the genre, only to, before its close, arrive unexpectedly, at its centre, to focus attention on the unresolved and nagging concerns that serve for the diasporic as an albatross, that s/he is bound eternally to carry, whether at the physical or the psychological level.
Journal: Synergy
- Issue Year: 14/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 212-220
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English