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Unit 7: Amitav Ghosh: Shadow Lines—Narrative Techniques

the title of Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace? What is the significance of mirrors and reflections Notes
in the Shadow Lines? In what form does society appear in shadow lines? Can anyone point
out instances in the book, Shadow Lines, where the author makes references to historical
events character analysis of grandmother. Which is a good passage to analyze from ‘The
Shadow Lines’ by Amitav Ghosh for a class presentation?

7.3 Key-Words

1. Absurd illusion : Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
2. Terrifying : Cause to feel extreme fear.

7.4 Review Questions

1. Examine the title of the novel Shadow Lines.
2. Could you please explain the idea of ‘History, Politics and the Individual in the novels of
Amitav Ghosh’?
3. What is a summary and character analysis of Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh?

Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(b) (ii)(b) (iii)(a)

7.5 Further Readings

1. Bagchi, Nivedita. “The Process of Validation in Relation to Materiality and
Historical Reconstruction in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines.” Modern Fiction
Studies 39:1 (Spring 1993). pp. 187-202.
2. Bose, Brinda. (ed.) 2003. Amitav Ghosh : Critical Perspectives. Delhi: Pencraft Couto,
M. 1988. ‘Threads and Shards,’ (review of The Shadow Lines), Times Literary
Supplement, 28 October –3 November 1988, 1212.
3. Dhawan, R.K. (ed.). 1999. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh, New Delhi: Prestige Books.
James, Louis and Jan Shepherd. “Shadow Lines: Cross Cultural Perspectives in
the Fiction of Amitav Ghosh.” Commonwealth Essays and Studies (Dijon, France)
14:1 (Autumn, 1991): pp. 28-32.
4. The Oxford UP (India) – Delhi: Oxford UP, 1995 – edition contains 4 articles:
Kaul, AN. “A Reading of The Shadow Lines.” pp. 299-309.
5. Kaul, Suvir. “Separation Anxiety: Growing up Inter/National in The Shadow lines.”
pp. 268-286.
6. Roy, A. 2000. ‘Microstoria: Indian Nationalism’s “Little Stories” in Amitav Ghosh’s
The Shadow Lines,’ Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 35:2 (2000),
pp. 35-49.
7. Sundar Rajan, Rajeswari. “The Division of Experience in The Shadow Lines.”
pp. 287-298.
8. Mukherjee, Meenakshi. “Maps and Mirrors: Coordinates of Meaning in The Shadow
Lines.” pp. 255-267.
9. In Viney Kirpal, ed. The New Indian Novel in English: A Study of the 1980’s (New
Delhi: Allied Publishers Ltd.

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