Voices in the City
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Voices in the City is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores the inner lives and emotional struggles of a family in Calcutta against the backdrop of urban alienation and social change.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Voices in the City canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anita Desai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| depicts |
middle-class life in Calcutta
ⓘ
social change in urban India ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between tradition and modernity
ⓘ
gender roles in Indian society ⓘ isolation in a big city ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
inner lives of characters
ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Indian ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | studied in academic contexts ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Indian middle-class family ⓘ |
| hasWorkIn | Indian English literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
ⓘ
realist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional struggle
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family relationships ⓘ individual vs society ⓘ search for identity ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Anita Desai bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | university syllabi on Indian English fiction ⓘ |
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